Cubist also scaled back to a lone coffee station and water cooler for the sales and marketing group, forcing employees to huddle and mix.

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The Wednesday conference call "wasn't just some coffee break conversation at the water cooler, " he said, saying it included FAA officials and representatives of all three contractors who operate FAA control towers in the United States.

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