With less than 36 hours to go, automatic budget cuts look like they will hit every level of the federal government, and while politicians and labor leaders are predicting everything short of apocalypse, it's probably not going to be as bad as some predict for air traffic controllers. “FAA officials have told us that furloughs and tower closures are necessary to achieve the cuts mandated by the law,” Paul Rinaldi, President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, recently told the Aero Club of Washington. “We want the Congress and the public to understand ... Read More