"The rest of the FAA's budget is getting a 5% haircut; the contract towers are getting a 75% cut, because the FAA is cutting 189 of the 251 contract towers," Spencer Dickerson of the U.S. Contract Tower Association told CNN.
Air traffic control towers on chopping block
At least 3 towers built with federal stimulus money
POSTED: 7:06 PM Mar 21 2013
UPDATED: 2:59 PM Mar 22 2013
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