FAA head says air traffic system is ‘safe, but it’s not efficient’
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford says that while the nation’s air traffic control infrastructure is safe, it is still operating on decades-old technology that needs improvement. “We still have, I think, some real reliability risk in the system because we’re running off of 1970s and ‘80s computing power, compact disks. It’s crazy what…
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford says that while the nation’s air traffic control infrastructure is safe, it is still operating on decades-old technology that needs improvement. “We still have, I think, some real reliability risk in the system because we’re running off of 1970s and ‘80s computing power, compact disks. It’s crazy what…
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Bryan Bedford says that while the nation’s air traffic control infrastructure is safe, it is still operating on decades-old technology that needs improvement. “We still have, I think, some real reliability risk in the system because we’re running off of 1970s and ‘80s computing power, compact disks. It’s crazy what…
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