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Article: FAA Releases Hiring Plan, While Working on A Firing Plan for Other Air Traffic Controllers, Says NAATS
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- December 23, 2004
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WHEATON, Md., Dec. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) released its hiring plan for the terminal and en
route options of the Air Traffic Control system, while they are
planning to make an announcement within weeks that may put nearly
2000 Air Traffic Controllers in the Flight Service option on the
street by Oct. 1, 2005. Flight Service is currently in the final
stages of an A-76 process, also known as a public-private
competition. The FAA's current plan does state in vague terms,
"...Should this effort potentially result in displacement of
controllers in the Flight Service Option, the FAA will also consider
a special effort to provide opportunities for those ...