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    Air Traffic Controller Furloughs Cause Thousands of Flight Delays

    385 domestic airline flights were cancelled yesterday and 6,396 were delayed. Remember “sequester?” The FAA says the best way to save money is to furlough its employees—including air-traffic controllers.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    385 domestic airline flights were cancelled yesterday and 6,396 were delayed. Remember “sequester?” The FAA says the best way to save money is to furlough its employees—including air-traffic controllers.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Kerry Cavanaugh

      editorial writer at the Los Angeles Times

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      USA Today

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    Does Obama Have to Act in Syria?
    1. 0:00Air Traffic Controller Furloughs Cause Thousands of Flight DelaysYou’re reading this
    2. 7:53Syria’s Chemical Weapons and Obama’s “Red Line”
    3. 43:27How Problems at the Texas Fertilizer Plant Escaped Detection
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