By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 20:33:00 | Updated at 2024-09-30 15:36:03
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GAO Report: America’s Crumbling Air Traffic Control Systems Put Travelers in Danger
Breitbart ^ | 09/27/2024 | Lucas Nolan
Posted on 09/27/2024 12:38:28 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The FAA is reportedly struggling to modernize its aging air traffic control (ATC) systems, putting the safety and efficiency of the national airspace at risk, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
TechSpot reports that the GAO report reveals that 37 percent of the FAA’s ATC systems are unsustainable, while another 39 percent are potentially unsustainable due to factors such as lack of parts and funding shortfalls. Alarmingly, 58 of the 105 unsustainable and potentially unsustainable systems are critical to the safety and efficiency of the national airspace. Despite the urgent need for modernization, the FAA has been slow to update its most critical and at-risk systems. Some modernization projects are not scheduled for completion for another 10 to 13 years, while the FAA lacks plans to modernize other systems in need, three of which are at least 30 years old.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airtraffice; control; crumbling; systems
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Don't you worry. We have to spend billions to make 7 EV chargers.
To: ChicagoConservative27
Plenty of cash for all kinds of other dumb crap.
That being said, sometimes older is better. Modern systems could get taken out by oh idk Crowd Strike or BSOD.
To: ChicagoConservative27
3 posted on 09/27/2024 12:49:06 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: ChicagoConservative27
The FAA has the best technology of the 1970’s........
4 posted on 09/27/2024 12:54:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Obama. Recovery Act. 111th Congress. Omnibus bill. National transportation infrastructure. $48 billion. Shovel-ready.
Please contact your Congress critter and ask them WTF happened?
5 posted on 09/27/2024 1:04:51 PM PDT by Salvavida
To: ChicagoConservative27
Obama. Recovery Act. 111th Congress. Omnibus bill. National transportation infrastructure. $48 billion. Shovel-ready.
Please contact your Congress critter and ask them WTF happened?
6 posted on 09/27/2024 1:04:53 PM PDT by Salvavida
To: Salvavida
7 posted on 09/27/2024 1:13:03 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits NOW)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Gee...who’s in charge of that...
“But...but...but...”
8 posted on 09/27/2024 1:17:24 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
To: ChicagoConservative27
Time to give a contract to Elon Musk to manage US Air Traffic.
MY bet is he could upgrade the whole system from A to Z and fire half the government bureaucrats.
9 posted on 09/27/2024 1:24:56 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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