Controllers Want Equipment To Remain As Backup To VSCS

The air traffic controllers union said yesterday that the Voice Switching and Control System is not as failure-proof as FAA has advertised, and it called on the agency not to remove a backup system just to save money. "Tearing WECO [Western Electric Co.] equipment out now is not about costs, it is...

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