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Monday, February 25, 2013
Air traffic control towers across Alabama are facing closure due to the proposed cuts by the Federal Aviation Administration. If the sequester goes through at the end, of the month, Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood says he'll make other cuts first, but eventually he would be forced to cut air traffic controllers. That decision would delay flights across the nation. Among the Alabama airports impacted by these potential cuts are Mobile Downtown, Dothan Regional and Tuscaloosa Regional airports. Pilots say they depend on the control tower to know what's going on around them. If the control towers are closed, air traffic controllers are out of a job. If the control towers close, pilots will have to manage their own flights by radio. The cuts will have a bigger impact on smaller airports but larger ones like the Birmingham Shuttlesworth International Airport could feel an impact as well. The overnight shift at the Birmingham control tower could be going away as a part of these proposed cuts. Without some action by Congress this week, these cuts will be implemented March 1.
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