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UpInArms

(53,167 posts)

1. A private contractor?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:54 AM

Tuesday

The FAA stressed the air traffic controllers manning the tower at Minot International Airport work for a commercial contractor.

"These controllers are not FAA employees," the agency said in a statement.

While nobody was hurt, the near collision happened six months after a military helicopter hit a passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, killing 67 people.

wtf?

Is this more from the purge of employees by DOGE?

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