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Shoestring staffing at major Washington regional radar facility forcesclosure of busy airspace

Shoestring staffing at major Washington regional radar facility forcesclosure of busy airspace

by Source: NATCA

Thu, Jun 25, 2009

The Federal Aviation Administration last Friday evening was forced to close several air corridors above eastern North Carolina for 30 minutes as a desperation move to avoid a serious safety risk when its poor management and woeful staffing reached this breaking point at Washington Center