Airlines seek court intervention to halt planned furloughs of air traffic controllers . `` When a company needs to make a 10 percent budget reduction , the answer is not to make it is so inefficient that no one wants to do business with it anymore . FAA says furloughs are necessary due to budget cuts . There are 15,000 The Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers at Obama airports and related facilities . NEW : Airlines ask for delay in furloughs due to start 30-day ; group asks FAA for help .
Airlines seek court intervention to halt planned furloughs of air traffic controllers . FAA says furloughs are necessary due to budget cuts . There are 15,000 The Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers at Obama airports and related facilities . NEW : Airlines ask for delay in furloughs due to start 30-day ; group asks FAA for help .