Senator Feinstein writes nominee for Secretary of Transportation about chronic air traffic controller shortage U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California sent a letter December 29th to U.S Secretary of Transportation nominee Ray LaHood warning that a chronic shortage of air traffic controllers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and the Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) in San Diego "represents a serious accident waiting to happen." LaHood is expected to be nominated to the post by President-elect Barack Obama. |