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IG To Probe Chicago Control Towers
 By Tom Shoop | Tuesday, January 08, 2008  |  05:04 PM

The Transportation Department inspector general is launching an investigation of working conditions for Chicago-area air traffic controllers, the Associated Press reports. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., requested the study after a Government Accountability Office report showed that O’Hare International Airport had the second-highest number of near-collisions on runways from 2001 to 2006.



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wonder how many they will catch sleeping

dan ketter  | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |  10:02 PM


if you check the dot-oig website - they are going to "audit" conditions at this control tower - not "investigate" - there is a difference and they are done by competely different groups within the IG. They are "launching and audit."

Anonymous  | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |  07:47 AM


Of course there are near misses. The FAA slashed controller pay by 40%, Will not allow Federal Civilian Air Traffic Controllers that have years of experience, to transfer from the DoD to the FAA, without taking almost a 75% pay cut. Experienced controllers are leaving in droves and the controllers that are in training (who the FAA counts towards manning) are either off the street, fresh out of a "college" that tried to teach some sort of ATC, or ex military controllers that figure it might get better and have no other options.

TX  | Wednesday, January 09, 2008 |  01:30 AM



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