The Need for Fundamental Reform of Air Traffic Control
Source: Reason Foundation
From press release:

A group of nine leading aviation experts, including a former U.S. Secretary of Transportation, a former Federal Aviation Administration Administrator, and the architect of airline deregulation, is calling for significant changes to the nation’s air traffic control system. They stepped forward because “Congress has not realistically addressed” the reforms needed to successfully implement a re-designed and much higher-capacity air traffic control system that could eliminate today’s record-setting airline delays.

The group of prominent experts says the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization “is not up to the task of making the kind of paradigm shift” needed to modernize the nation’s air traffic system, replacing a manual, radar-based system with 21st-century GPS and automation.

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