The FAA has announced it will retain staff meteorologists at all 21 air traffic control centers.
This decision comes shortly after a union representing the weather specialists stated the FAA planned to replace them with automated systems.
The placement of National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists in these centers was authorized in the 1980s following a fatal crash where dangerous weather was not communicated to the crew.
The FAA has announced it will keep staff meteorologists at 21 air traffic control centers.
A few days after the union representing the weather specialists issued a press release saying the agency planned to get rid of them in favor of automated systems, the agency said that was not the case.
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Russ Niles is Editor-in-Chief of AVweb. He has been a pilot for 30 years and joined AVweb 22 years ago. He and his wife Marni live in southern British Columbia where they also operate a small winery.
