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Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today
Why it’s here: Covers the FAA air traffic control modernization plan, federal funding requests to Congress ($50B), and cost estimates, which are federal infrastructure policy, though it sits closer to aviation than the defined technology areas.
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YesterdayFortuneDelta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are todayDuffy asks Congress to appropriate $50 billion for air traffic control modernization, against cost estimates of $12.5 billion and $31 billion or more.1 outlet23 linked
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- Donald Trump
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- air traffic control modernization program