Pilots Left to Avoid Each Other If Airport Towers Close
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Closing almost half of U.S. air-traffic towers, as regulators plan if automatic budget cuts remain in place April 1, would put student, military, corporate and some commercial flights in the same airspace without eyes and ears to track them.
Airport officials were told the Federal Aviation Administration plans to close 168 towers operated by contractors on April 1 and an additional 21 on Sept. 30, Spencer Dickerson, a president of the American Association of Airport Executives, said in an interview.