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Article: U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION PETERS SAYS NEXT GENERATION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TO BENEFIT FROM NEW TOWER CONTROL SIMULATORS

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August 22, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following press release:

Thousands of air traffic controller trainees in Oklahoma City will become the first in the country to train using new state of the art simulators beginning September 2nd, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced today.

"Choosing the best candidates is important, giving them the best training and technology possible is essential," Secretary Peters said. "These simulators will give us better air traffic controllers and will make our skies safer."

The Secretary noted that the simulators, which are being installed at the Federal Aviation Administration's Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, will ...

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