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2025-06-27 Science & Technology

Former air traffic controller: Our air traffic system is being held together with eBay parts

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-27 08:19|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [83 views ] Top

#1 Albuquerque Airport control tower fire alarm prompts FAA to divert flights, issue ground stops

Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-27 08:21|| 2025-06-27 08:21|| Front Page || Comments Top

#2 ^ Was Jamaal Bowman in the vicinity?

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-27 08:39|| 2025-06-27 08:39|| Front Page || Comments Top

#3 Well he is a floppy disk.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-06-27 09:53|| 2025-06-27 09:53|| Front Page || Comments Top

#4 Only because Radio Shack is gone.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-06-27 10:07|| 2025-06-27 10:07|| Front Page || Comments Top

#5 I am a retired ATSS and I know for a fact that the biggest hold up on FAA modernization is the ATC union. More people in more positions means more union money. I wish people would wake up to the fact that the union doesn't care as long as the people are there to pay their dues. Plus ATCs are NOT the most tech savvy

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2025-06-27 10:53|| 2025-06-27 10:53|| Front Page || Comments Top

#6 Didnt they use the same narrative to end the shuttle program?

What happened with American Logistics and Procurement?

They can support sex change clinics in Timbuktu but cant afford a widget factory to keep our shuttle and air traffic systems afloat. I say this knowing the only reason I am proficient in COBOL is b/c the govt is 50 years behind in their technology (except in black budget programs) but at the same time, if we can afford to fund the Taliban, we should be able to afford to manufacture legacy widgets to keep our stuff working. So aggravating.

Posted by mossomo 2025-06-27 13:29|| 2025-06-27 13:29|| Front Page || Comments Top

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