![]() The solution lies with the 21st Century AIRR Act, a bipartisan proposal that will create a federally chartered nonprofit to oversee America’s ATC system. By divesting ATC operations from the FAA, the agency can focus on what it does best – overseeing and regulating safety – while leaving the streamlined entity to manage the funding and implementation of overdue upgrades.Ī modernized ATC system will benefit all air travelers. Modernization will not only reduce delays by allowing flights to be more closely sequenced but also shorten flight times by implementing more direct routes.Ĭhange can be hard, particularly when powerful special interests fear that change will expose just how much the status quo benefits them. In this situation, that group is the wealthiest one percent who use more ATC services than they pay for, all at the expense of the average passengers who subsidize their operations. And they will say whatever they must to stop this much needed change that benefits all flyers. ![]() While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has done a good job of making America’s ATC system the world’s safest, America’s aviation infrastructure continues to rely on WWII-era ground-based radar technology. Although the FAA has attempted to transition to the satellite-based NextGen system over the past decade, desperately needed technology upgrades remain years behind schedule and billions over budget because of the agency’s uncertain funding structure, which is subject to congressional politics that makes long-term capital investments difficult to complete.Ĭontinued use of this outdated ATC technology robs flyers in Michigan of valuable time and money annually. Last year alone, there were 9,126 statewide delays attributed to America’s National Airspace System (which includes air traffic control), costing passengers flying in and out of Michigan $28 million, including lost wages. ![]() With forecasts predicting air travel will increase by 65 percent over the next two decades, the need to upgrade America’s antiquated air traffic control (ATC) system has never been greater. ![]()
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