Air traffic controllers spent $171K lobbying 23/08/2010
9-.-0.2010.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association spent $171,000 on federal government lobbying in the second quarter on issues including pay and funding for air traffic control and the Federal Aviation Administration. The union for air traffic controllers also lobbied on the consolidation and realignment of air traffic control facilities. Besides Congress, the union lobbied the FAA, the...
Spain's air traffic controllers sign initial deal 21/08/2010
9-.-0.2010.
Spain's air traffic controllers agreed to the deal their union leaders had forged with the government last week, pulling a key sector of the crisis-hit economy further back from the brink of a strike. The initial deal has been supported by a wide majority of controllers, said a spokeswoman for their union USCA, which has threatened to take action since the government ended talks in February and...
