FAA Considering Overnight Closings at 42 Control Towers

The FAA could save $6 million a year if it curtails nighttime control tower operations at 42 airports around the U.S., according to FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey. But "we have not yet reached a decision," she told a House subcommittee hearing on the FAA's Fiscal 2006 budget last week. Word of...

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