Airlines seek court intervention to halt planned furloughs of air traffic controllers . The Federal Aviation Administration says furloughs are necessary due to budget cuts . There are 15,000 FAA air traffic controllers at U.S. airports and related facilities . NEW : It has asked the Obama administration for a 30-day delay of its furlough action so it could pursue the matter with Congress . `` We continue to believe that the FAA has other means to reach a 10 percent budget reduction than to impact the traveling public , '' A4A President Nick Calio said in a statement . A federal judge in Washington has ordered the government to stop enforcing a new rule that would have forced airlines to give up their right to fly without flight attendants on board planes.
Airlines seek court intervention to halt planned furloughs of air traffic controllers . The Federal Aviation Administration says furloughs are necessary due to budget cuts . There are 15,000 FAA air traffic controllers at U.S. airports and related facilities . NEW : A federal judge in Washington has ordered the government to stop enforcing a new rule that would have forced airlines to give up their right to fly without flight attendants on board planes.