FAA to close 149 control towers to meet budget cuts

By means of Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned on Friday it is going to shut 149 air traffic control towers at small airports throughout the united states of america beginning on April 7 because it copes with computerized federal spending cuts. The White Home and transportation leaders have warned for weeks that the $85 billion in federal cuts often called "sequestration" would pressure smaller airports throughout the country to curtail operations. The across-the-board cuts started kicking in on March 1 as a result of Congress was not able to succeed in another funds deal to switch them. …