Suddenly I have an inspiration: Ask air traffic control (ATC) to be diverted to Minneapolis.
Air traffic was growing, and the air traffic control (ATC) system couldn't handle the swelling volume.
The Ford project was slated to be part of the American Trade Consortium (ATC) trade agreement.
U.S. manufacturers will be at a disadvantage if leadership in ATC modernization is centered outside our borders.
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It expects the number of ATC jobs to shrink with equipment upgrades and the declining number of flights.
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Guernsey ATC manager Frank McMeiken said the proposals had potential environmental and financial benefits, but would not directly affect islanders.
Presumably, the upgrading of ATC equipment and procedures over the past six years has increased the efficiency of air controllers.
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At sequester levels, our ATC system should be able to easily handle existing air traffic, if its administrators wanted it to so.
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This is the area between the UK and France where aircraft are managed by air traffic control (ATC) operators in Guernsey and Jersey.
However, multi-engined aircraft - like the one that crashed - can be provided with ATC clearance to fly elsewhere in the London Control Zone.
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The need for such reform is underscored by the promise of fantastic breakthroughs in ATC technology, dubbed the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS).
As a marginal user of an existing infrastructure, Business Aviation enables the ATC system to be more productive and more valuable to our nation.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected this view in Kiobel, finding that the ATC was intended to apply to individuals, not corporations.
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Tanzania is selling up to 75% of its stake in Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC), with South African Airways and Kenyan Airways considered as the leading bidders.
The scheme began in March 2010 when Wells Fargo was retained to provide financing for a potential acquisition of ATC Technology Corporation by GENCO Distribution System.
It would become a private, nonprofit corporation, controlled by a board of directors made up of representatives from the commercial airlines, general aviation, airports, ATC workers and passengers.
We would need to remove ATC from the Federal Aviation Administration. (Safety regulation would remain with the FAA.) Such a corporation would thus not be subject to Washington's budget vagaries.
Tower closures would not necessarily result in airport closures, because some aircraft can land without ATC help, and those that need controller help can communicate with more distant FAA facilities.
Gaffney announced that the Center for Security Policy is assessing the adverse strategic implications of Chevron's proposed expansion of the Soviet Union's oil and gas industry in the context of the ATC deal.
Considering the importance of air transportation to our nation, Congress and opinion leaders who shape national policy are disappointingly shortsighted regarding NextGen, the omnibus program to upgrade the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system.
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The federal government and judges in two other federal appeals courts including the influential conservative Judge Richard Posner in Chicago have rejected the idea that corporations are immune from liability under the ATC.
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Of course, a great leap toward alleviating our aggravating air travel experiences would be to remove the air traffic control (ATC) system from the auspices of the Federal Aviation Administration (safety oversight would remain with the government).
Failing to appreciate how greatly the ebb and flow of commerce depends upon an efficient and safe aviation system, and possibly insensitive to the aggressive competition from foreign aerospace manufacturers seeking advances in ATC modernization, they argue there are more pressing problems that demand attention and dollars.
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As the Center's analysis put it: "The selective indifference of some American businessmen to the penetration or exploitation of their services by Soviet intelligence has rarely been more palpable than in the willingness of ATC to buy a building custom-made by the KGB for espionage, " the report states.
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If ATC is busy and clearance cannot be obtained to fly through the Class Bravo airspace, it is still possible to fly the Bay Tour: execute a left Dumbarton departure heading toward Half Moon Bay, follow the coastline all the way to the Golden Gate Bridge, then east to the Bay Bridge and retrace your path back to PAO staying under Class Bravo airspace throughout.
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