How to fix America's aviation system
It’s been almost 15 years since the last deadly plane crash on a U.S. airline. But near misses are on the rise, up 25% in the past decade.That's a massive jump — caused by a sudden coalescing of several aviation issues that have lurked under the surface for years.One, the FAA’s required ground radar and control systems are antiquated."They’re built on very old computers. Some are updated with floppy disks, and I kid you not," Paul Rinaldi, president emeritus of the National Air Traffic Controlle...
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