DOT Wants More Contract Towers

Edited by Paul RichfieldPaul Richfield July 01, 1999
The FAA's contract tower program saves $250,000 per airport and should be expanded to include all non-radar airports, according to the DOT's Inspector General (IG). The IG wants the FAA to outsource operations at 70 additional VFR-only control towers, but says the FAA has cut all but 14 of these...

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