FAA mulls 46 sites in NY for air traffic control center
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | The newer control tower at Laguardia Airport belies the old buildings, right, that reflect another era in aviation history. (May 15, 2012)
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The Federal Aviation Administration is mulling 46 sites in New York for a new air traffic control center, putting to rest fears the possibility that nearly 1,000 Long Island-based aviation jobs would leave the state, Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday.
Schumer (D-N.Y.) spoke about the FAA's plans to build a new Integrated Control Facility four days after members of Pennsylvania's congressional...
