The staff include air traffic controllers and technicians who keep airport towers and radars working.
In 1981, the federal government began firing air traffic controllers who had gone out on strike.
Air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, causing delays across the country.
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Air traffic controllers say the illegal radio broadcasts often block out vital communications with pilots.
The decision "will have both short-term and long-term effects, " warned the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
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No, said Melvin S. Davis, top NextGen official at the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union.
Air traffic controllers complain that they're already overstretched, and in danger of becoming more so.
Air traffic controllers re-established radio contact after the plane had flown about 150 miles past its destination.
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After 78 minutes of radio silence, the pilots re-established radio contact with air traffic controllers, it said.
Shortly afterward, air traffic controllers in Malaysia lost contact with the plane somewhere over the sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.
Air traffic controllers and airport security will see cutbacks, which means more delays at airports across the country.
And Transport Secretary Ray LaHood suggested air traffic controllers would be furloughed while air travel could face delays.
Could the same issues pertain to other expert observers like MRI technicians, air traffic controllers, and police officers?
Many ships are confined to docks, and air traffic controllers held a two-hour strike, causing some disruption to flights.
Once signed into law, the fix will send air traffic controllers back to work until at least October 1.
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The FAA took a half-step in that direction in 2008, creating a nonpunitive reporting system for air traffic controllers.
And I believe in air traffic controllers, but we are holding them hostage.
But it has predicted flight delays when it begins furloughs -- one third of whom are air traffic controllers.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association issued a statement last summer urging that the facility remain on Long Island.
The workload for air traffic controllers will increase tremendously when the time limit goes into effect in April, Church said.
"Air Force One, missed approach, " the pilot announced to air traffic controllers, according to radio recordings on the website LiveATC.net.
We see this ability to understand patterns by instinct everywhere: artists, air traffic controllers, trading-floor brokers, criminologists, jazz musicians, etc.
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If they are going to fly within three miles of an airport, they have to let air traffic controllers know.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which represents the 15, 000 civilian controllers, says it asked the FAA to implement furloughs evenly.
Payne Stewart's Learjet stopped responding to air traffic controllers while the plane was still over Florida on a trip to Texas.
Aircraft equipped with ADS-B are able to automatically send highly precise data, such as aircraft positioning and speed, to air traffic controllers every second.
Such flights are broadly defined as those under the pilot's own control, and not necessarily under the guidance of air traffic controllers.
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As happened in 1995, air traffic controllers would still watch the skies.
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Pilots are required to fly under the direction of air traffic controllers but federal regulations allow for some deviation in emergency situations.
As we flew over a thunderstorm near Omaha we heard airline pilots on the radio beseeching air traffic controllers for higher altitudes.
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