Air Controller Retirements Surge
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Far more veteran air traffic controllers than the government expected have retired since the Bush administration imposed a contract on their union on Labor Day 2006
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Rise of the machines The recent surge in use of remotely-controlled robot aircraft by US forces for the Wars on Stuff has meant that substantial numbers of American pilots are now being pulled off normal flight status and assigned to drone-driving duty, according to reports.â¦
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Squeezed by soaring health-care costs and dwindling pensions, ever more Americans are choosing to postpone retirement -- and the Washington region leads the nation when it comes to working past age 65, according to census figures released today.
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Statistics show that traveling by corporate aircraft has become safer over the last two decades.
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To keep up with air-traffic growth and avoid massive delays, the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said it plans to hire 12,500 controllers during the next 10 years.
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ATA Airlines, which flies hundreds of thousands of Pleasant Holidays vacationers to Hawaii annually, has a new senior management position: chief restructuring officer.
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The Federal Aviation Administration plans to hire and train about 15,000 air traffic controllers over the next 10 years, according to an updated staffing plan released yesterday.
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Thousands to leave work at 63 as retirement age goes down next year A large number of people in the private sector who are turning 63 plan to retire next year when new rules on old-age pensions come into ...
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Air traffic controllers said Friday they will be forced to work even when they're tired after the Federal Aviation Administration imposes a new contract this weekend.
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U.S. airline pilots nearing mandatory retirement could fly five years longer than they planned under a plan announced on Tuesday by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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In recent years, more and more NFL players are retiring at the top of their game.
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Owen Baser is at an age when most people are enjoying retirement.
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Airline warns it may file for bankruptcy if too many senior pilots take early retirement option. Delta Air LInes&#39; CEO says it faces bankruptcy if it can&#39;t slow the pace of pilots taking early retirement.
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Airports operator BAA said it enjoyed its busiest August last month with 14.2 million passengers using its seven airports, an increase of 3.7% on August last year.
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A shortage of experienced air traffic controllers has resulted in a "staffing emergency" that is jeopardizing safety in the sky and on runways in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California, according to the union representing the nation's 14,800 controllers.
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Airlines and pilotsâ unions expect a review of a rule requiring pilots to retire at age 60, now that an international organization has raised the age to 65.
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The aerospace industry bounced back this year with record sales and the first upswing in employment in five years as a result of &quot;robust&quot; defense