Air-Traffic Control Union Analyzing Safety Impact of FAA Firings

A union representing air safety personnel said it’s reviewing the fallout from a slew of firings on February 14 that affected U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, just a few weeks after the worst U.S. civil aviation disaster in decades. 

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), which represents air-traffic controllers, engineers and other aviation safety professionals, said in a statement that it “is analyzing…