To prepare for
the possibility of a budget sequestration on March 1, 2013, the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is making plans to reduce its expenditures by
approximately $600 million for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2013.
Among the changes we are considering are furloughing the vast majority of our 47,000 employees for approximately one day per pay period; closing over 100 air traffic control facilities; eliminating the overnight shift at over 60 facilities; and reducing preventive maintenance and support for all air traffic control equipment. All of these changes will be finalized as to scope and details through collaborative discussions with our users and our unions.
We will begin
furloughs and start facility shut-downs in April. You can read more about this
process in this letter
from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta
(PDF).
Facilities effected in Alabama are: Birmingham BHM -Overnight Shift Maybe Eliminated
and Dothan DHN, Mobile BFM and Tuscaloosa TCL maybe closed. -FAA.GOV
The lists of affected facilities can be viewed here:
- Facilities
Where Overnight Shifts Could be Eliminated (PDF)
- Air
Traffic Control Facilities That Could be Closed (PDF)