A panel appointed by the Federal Aviation Administration has highlighted urgent safety risks in the U.S. aviation system, including staffing shortages among air traffic controllers and outdated technology. The panel blames the increasing hazards on recurring gridlock in Congress, chronic underfunding, and hotter weather. The report emphasizes the need for high-speed rail as a solution to flight disruptions. The air-traffic-control system faces risks from short staffing, outdated technology, and chronic underfunding, according to the report.
Experts appointed by the Federal Aviation Administration called on Wednesday for “urgent action” to address safety risks in the nation’s aviation system, highlighting issues like staffing shortages among air traffic controllers and outdated technology. https://t.co/YGLmhQSJkI
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The nation’s air-traffic-control system faces increasing hazards from short staffing, outdated technology and chronic underfunding, according to a federal report https://t.co/vXstByjSDn https://t.co/vXstByjSDn
Panel blames rising US aviation risk on "recurring gridlock" in Congress https://t.co/eWDeJyGXfI https://t.co/H8bXVLyXuY
The U.S.’s air-traffic-control system faces increasing hazards from short staffing, outdated technology and chronic underfunding, according to a federal report https://t.co/H7dR0052K9 https://t.co/H7dR0052K9
FAA panel blames rising US aviation risk on "recurring gridlock" in Congress https://t.co/jjmjrgvzad
Staffing shortages, outdated facilities threaten US air safety -- report https://t.co/GzG7tfxZ6z https://t.co/aNU22gXiSx
Congress' dysfunction is making flying riskier, aviation panel says https://t.co/qS430td0nk
Hotter Weather Is Increasing Flight Disruptions; High-Speed Rail Can Help https://t.co/q7vipRjQoq