FAA eases commercial flight restrictions
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Operations will now be reduced by only 6% between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. local time at high-impact airports.
Since the midair collision earlier this year near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), investigators have increasingly turned their focus toward air traffic control (ATC) staffing and operational decision-making at the facility. The crash ...
Late Friday, the FAA cut in half the flight-cut requirement from 6% to 3% but airlines have not been complying with the requirements. Carriers on Sunday canceled just 0.25% of flights at those 40 airports -- less than normal cancellations -- according to Cirium,