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In light of today’s nationwide ground stop…

A recent GAO report on the state of our air traffic control system made two major conclusions:

  • An alarming percentage of the FAA’s systems are categorized as unsustainable or potentially unsustainable.
  • The widespread reliance on aging infrastructure—handling roughly 50,000 flights daily—introduces severe risks of system failures, major flight delays, and disruptions to national airspace safety.

I’ll just leave this here.

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