Flight hours for Navy to be cut in half
The announcement has one admiral saying that keeping pilots on the ground will keep them from being as skilled as they have been in the past.
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Tag Archives: Sequestration
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FAA furloughs over, air traffic controllers back on the job
A budget-related furlough of air traffic controllers is over — and with it, the resulting travel delays.
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Budget cuts end Fleet Week in NYC
The Navy said aircraft carriers and destroyers will not be sailing into New York Harbor for Fleet Week.
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U.S. Defense Secretary agrees to pay cut
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will give up a portion of his salary.
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Defense cuts furloughs to 14 days, from 22
The Pentagon managed to get a little bit of a reprieve for its workers by cutting furloughs to 14 days from its originally-planned 22 days.
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FAA to close 149 regional airport control towers
The FAA on Friday announced it will close 149 regional airport control towers because of forced spending cuts — sparing 40 others that the FAA had been expected to shutter.
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Federal workers in Chesterfield protest furloughs
“I think it’s unfair,” Dabney said. “If I’ve got to lose 22 days, is Congress losing 22 days?”
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Defense worker furlough notices to go out Friday
Defense workers will be forced to stay home one day a week.
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House passes GOP measure on government funding
A Republican measure to keep the government funded while softening the impact of forced spending cuts on the military and veterans affairs programs has won approval.
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FAA announces 173 air traffic control towers to close
The federal government will close 173 air traffic control towers at small- and medium-size airports on April 7 because of forced spending cuts.
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Did sequestration force release of state immigration detainees?
U.S. Immigration officials are releasing hundreds of undocumented workers from detention centers across the country because of budget cuts caused by the sequestration.
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Obama blames Congress for ‘dumb, arbitrary cuts’
The president met with with congressional leaders at the White House prior to briefing reporters, but no agreement emerged to avert the automatic austerity that both sides oppose.
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