Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130423:11:25:00
A political statement, right? >> well, they claim that 70% of the faa's costs are personnel that they had no choice but to furlough the controllers. basically, they're treating the controller just like any other faa employee. not giving them any special preference because they're on the front line. the airlines say it's preposterous. there ought to be room in a budget like that defined other cuts. but i think the most telling thing is the administration did not go to congress and say, look, this nightmare's going to happen, fix this problem at the faa. instead, they're saying seem to be saying...
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