Reagan holds firm, and the air-control system regroups
For two hectic days Canadian air-traffic controllers refused last week to handle flights across the North Atlantic between the U.S. and Europe, violating international air-safety agreements and creating chaos at passenger terminals in New York, Boston, London and Rome.
Portuguese controllers promised a similar boycott this week. But after that flurry of disruption, the U.S. Government faced the long-range task of ensuring safe air travel without the help of some 12,000 fired members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, who left their jobs on Aug....
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
