Sturgell Aims To Restore Controller Familiarization Flights

FAA Acting Administrator Robert Sturgell says he is working with TSA Administrator Kip Hawley to restore a program in which air-traffic controllers ride in the cockpit on some airline flights to familiarize themselves with pilot procedures. The program was canceled for security reasons in 2001...

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