Updated: 12:34 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013 | Posted: 11:47 a.m. Thursday, March 14, 2013
Wholesale cuts risk safety, efficiency
By Carter Chapman
The FAA has chosen to close control towers with less than 150,000 total operations and 10,000 commercial (airline) operations to meet its required sequestration budget cuts. The Cobb, Gwinnett and Fulton county airport control towers are scheduled to close April 7. The duration is unknown at this time. These are contract towers manned by unionized contractors rather than FAA employees, providing air traffic control services at a lower cost than similar FAA towers.
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