FAA Refutes PATCO Controller Hiring Claims
FAA denies that it has recently increased its hiring of the controllers who were fired by President Reagan in 1981, contradicting claims by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). According to FAA, the agency in fiscal 2006 sent 18 official job offers to PATCO controllers...
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