Examples of use of controllers
1. In 2000, 12,576 controllers were fully certified out of 15,153 controllers, about 83 percent of the workforce, FAA records show.
2. Flight controllers reactivated the device Friday.
3. Finnish traffic controllers feared he had crashed.
4. FAA imposes contract terms on air controllers WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration imposed new contract terms on more than 14,500 U.S. air traffic controllers on Monday after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with the controllers‘ union, officials said.
5. One thing is certain: A veteran force of controllers – most hired in the early 1'80s after President Reagan fired 11,000 members of a predecessor controllers union – is being replaced by lower–paid, less experienced young controllers.