Officials at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport say they’re working to minimize impacts to passengers and cargo operations.
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Post-earthquake, air traffic controllers exiled from Anchorage tower used a pickup truck instead
With their primary backup site also closed by the earthquake, the air traffic controllers from the tower at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport went with Plan C: guiding in planes at the world’s fifth-busiest cargo hub from the cab of a pickup truck, at one end of the north-south runway.
Trump announces plan to privatize air traffic control
It’s an idea long supported by most of the commercial airlines and the union, who say the system is inefficient under the Federal Aviation Administration.
Congress seeks to privatize air-traffic control
Congress is back in Washington this week. High on its to-do list is passing an Federal Aviation Administration bill before legal authority for the aviation agency expires in mid-July.