FAA Shutdown Looks Increasingly Likely, Would Come At Significant Cost

[still_one]

WASHINGTON -- Portions of the Federal Aviation Administration will shut down at midnight – putting nearly 4,000 people temporarily out of work and allowing airline passengers to buy tickets without taxes – unless Congress can resolve a partisan dispute over legislation to temporarily extend the agency's operating authority.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday the government will lose about $200 million a week in airline ticket taxes and $2.5 billion in airport construction projects will come to a halt if the Federal Aviation Administration is forced to shut down.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/faa-shutdown-cost_n_906656.html?ir=Canada

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. The FAA is shutting down? I missed that.

Aren't Air Traffic Controllers part of FAA?

[MineralMan]

2. Air Traffic Controllers won't be laid off. They're classed

as essential personnel. The problem is that Congress hasn't authorized the FAA to receive any money. They're so wrapped up in their little personality clash that nothing else matters to them right now.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Ah - gotcha. No wonder I didn't hear anything about this

That news would have been all over the airwaves.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

7. Quite a bit more to the FAA than just air traffic control

[cloudbase]

4. No need to worry about

those pesky ramp checks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. If only TSA were under the FAA wing.

Pun intended.

[damntexdem]

6. Significant cost. I'll say!

Where are all those TSA personnel going to be able to feel people up? ;-)