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Tower controllers tell it like it is
The control tower at the Nashua, NH airport is set to close as a result of sequestration cuts. The FAA spent $16Mil on a new runway that opened just 7 months ago, and now the tower is closing at one of the busiest airports in New England. (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I had to laugh yesterday when NPR did an interview of an airport rep from a Southeastern Georgia airport thats losing its tower. After a huge amount of doomsday talk about how the 3 Delta Connection flights per day are going to be all but imperiled, she meekly pointed out that the tower is only staffed from 7A-8P and the field's busiest hours for aircraft movements were during the late evening and overnight hours. Mountain out of a Molehill.
WHAT WILL THEY DO??!!!!
We have never had a tower here, and have had everything from scheduled CRJs to chartered 737 serve the airport. Never a problem.
You know, some people just can't grasp that concept!!!
There may be a benefit to some over these closings. Some owners/operators may move to smaller outlying airports that are nearly starving. Someone's loss is usually someone else's gain.
"If we could just get rid of people the aviation industry would be great"