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House committee member calls U.S. air traffic control system "unsustainable" at hearing
Summary
An unidentified member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure opened a subcommittee hearing saying the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) systems are unsustainable, citing a recent Government Accountability Office assessment and longstanding modernization shortfalls for the Federal Aviation Administration.
An unidentified member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure opened a subcommittee hearing on air traffic control modernization by saying the country’s air traffic control system is "unsustainable." The member gave a five-minute opening statement that framed modernization, staffing and funding as urgent challenges for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The lawmaker cited a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) assessment and the GAO’s long-running designation of FAA modernization efforts as high risk, noting the agency has faced similar findings since 1995. According to…
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