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Publication: KTIC RADIO
Publication Date: 2013-05-21

Selena talks to Rick Vincent about “General Aviation Appreciation Month” and user fees.

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Publication: KLKN-TV ABC 5 (Lincoln, NE)
Publication Date: 2013-05-17

Publication: NBC 7 SAN DIEGO
Publication Date: 2013-05-11
Publication Author: Monica Garske

The U.S. Transportation Department says 149 air traffic control towers at small airports will stay open through at least Sept. 30

Publication: TODAY (FROM NBC SAN DIEGO)
Publication Date: 2013-05-11
Publication Author: Monica Garske

The nationwide shutdown of 149 federal contract air traffic control towers – including two towers in San Diego – has been delayed once again, this time through September, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Friday.

Publication: LYNCHBURG NEWS AND ADVANCE (VA)
Publication Date: 2013-05-10
Publication Author: Eleanor Kennedy

Federal money will keep the air traffic control tower at Lynchburg Regional Airport open through at least Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year.

Publication: DETROIT FREE PRESS (MI)
Publication Date: 2013-05-08
Publication Author: Bart Jansen

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it won’t eliminate midnight shifts at air-traffic controllers at medium-sized airports, as part of a recent congressional spending compromise.

Publication: USA TODAY
Publication Date: 2013-05-08
Publication Author: Bart Jansen

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday it won’t eliminate midnight shifts at air-traffic controllers at medium-sized airports, as part of a recent congressional spending compromise.

Publication: AVIATION WEEK
Publication Date: 2013-05-06
Publication Author: Kerry Lynch

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) and the FAA have remained silent, at least publicly, over the fate of 149 contract towers as officials assess the FAA’s new funding flexibility granted by Congress, but aviation executives are hoping to soon receive clarification. And while industry waits on this guidance, Capitol Hill and local officials have begun sending another round of letters urging the government to reverse course on plans to end funding for the towers on June 15 as part of the sequestration mandate.

Publication: AERO-NEWS NETWORK
Publication Date: 2013-05-06

Seventy Mayors and community leaders from around the country whose communities would be affected by the FAA’s potential, scheduled closure of contract air traffic control towers have written a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta. The letter expresses concern over the impact of these potential closures on their communities, and highlights the vital role of local airports to businesses, organizations, emergency services, and the economy as a whole. The scheduled tower closures are the result of mandatory, across the board budget cuts, or “sequestration,” and would affect 149 airports nationwide. The closures are currently scheduled to take effect on June 15.