The FAA has announced it will retain staff meteorologists at 21 air traffic control centers, refuting earlier reports.
This decision clarifies previous concerns raised by a union that the agency planned to replace human weather specialists with automated systems.
The FAA reaffirmed its long-standing partnership with the National Weather Service to provide crucial weather services for the safety of the National Airspace System.
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.
