Air traffic controllers to get merit bonuses

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Air traffic controllers to get merit bonuses

Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater announced today that the government has negotiated a new five-year contract with air traffic controllers that includes, for the first time, a merit-based incentive program. For example, a group of controllers who reduced errors in their particular tower below a target level would be eligible for bonuses.

Full story from the Associated Press.