Air Traffic Controllers Seek Public’s Support
From Times Wire Reports
Air traffic controllers worried about losing their jobs to private companies sought support from travelers at 70 airports from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco. The publicity blitz ends today. The Federal Aviation Administration has assured controllers their jobs are safe.
“The Bush administration has set the dominoes up for privatization,” said Karl Keller, a controller at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
Private companies run control towers at over 200 smaller airports; commercial airports use government controllers.
