NYT on NGATS

There is so much wrong with this story, I'm not sure where to begin:

January 15, 2007
Flying the Crowded Skies: Challenges for Aviation
By MATTHEW L. WALD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 — By 2025, government experts say, America’s skies will swarm with three times as many planes, and not just the kind of traffic flying today. There will be thousands of tiny jets, seating six or fewer, at airliner altitudes, competing for space with remotely operated drones that need help avoiding midair collisions, and with commercially operated rockets carrying satellites and tourists into space.

To keep passengers moving safely and on schedule, the Federal Aviation Administration needs to replace a half-century of outmoded technology with a new air traffic control system. But almost everything about the proposed new system is unsettled, not only its digital nuts and bolts, but also the leadership, the financing and the staffing of a modern aviation network.

NYT Article

One interesting item I had overlooked is Blakey's pending departure...

Ah, well. At least we'll have something to talk about.

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