it's actually fewer towers than officials had first proposed closing. they say they will keep open two dozen towers that they planned to close. shutting them down would have, quote, a negative impact on the national interest, unquote. all the airports involved reportedly will remain open but with no towers, pilots will have to coordinate takeoffs and landings themselves over a shared radio frequency. they have the training to do that still, republican senator jerry more ran said the move was like removing stop lights and stop signs from our roads. he also claims the f.a.a. could save the towers by tapping into the millions of dollars in unspent research money. the national air traffic controllers association blasted the move in a statement it reads: the closure of these air traffic control towers will reduce the overall margin of safety of our entire aviation system. meantime the fbi is now investigating how a guy posing ago -- as a pilot got inside the cockpit apparently because he