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Article: Air Traffic Controller Strike
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- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER STRIKE
With dramatic increases in commercial airline traffic following World War II (1939
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45), Congress established the Federal Aviation Agency in 1958, which it later renamed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Congress entrusted the agency with many responsibilities related to air travel in the United States, including the control of both civil and military use of U.S. airspace for purposes of safety and efficiency. To fulfill its charge, the FAA established and operated a network of airport control towers and 20 air route control centers spaced across the nation. Air traffic controllers manning the towers and centers guided planes from takeoff to ...