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FAA proposes to cut weather observer jobs

Air traffic controllers at MacArthur Airport are trying to make sure a plan to get rid of the airport's meteorologists doesn't get off the ground. They say the FAA's proposal to eliminate 400 contract

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Nov 18, 2015, 10:55 PM

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