Reuters: U.S.: FAA can't avoid air traffic controller furloughs: administrator

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FAA can't avoid air traffic controller furloughs: administrator Feb 27th 2013, 16:17 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Obama cites Navy threat, immigrants freed as budget cuts loom 12:36am EST White House steps up campaign to avoid spending cuts Tue, Feb 26 2013 Boeing proposes full 787 battery fix to FAA: sources Sat, Feb 23 2013 White House brings out Republican Cabinet member to warn on cuts Fri, Feb 22 2013 U.S. air travelers will feel budget cut effects quickly: union Fri, Feb 22 2013 Analysis & Opinion Who controls Voting Rights? Moody’s provides criteria for U.S. Triple-A rating The main air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport is seen on March 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Hyungwon Kang WASHINGTON | Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:17am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration has "very limited" flexibility to avoid furloughing air traffic controllers if automatic budget cuts go into effect beginning on Friday, agency head Michael Huerta told Congress on Wednesday. "We've identified a wide variety of savings but I don't think I can absolutely eliminate furloughs," Huerta told the House of Representatives Transportation Committee, in response to Republican suggestions that he could avoid furloughs by shifting agency funding around. (Reporting By Doug Palmer; Editing by Eric Beech) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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