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'No more floppy disks': Air traffic control overhaul faces some daunting obstacles
The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.
toggle caption Andres Kudacki/Getty Images "The whole idea is to replace the system," acting FAA administrator Chris Rocheleau explained to the House Appropriations Committee during a hearing on Wednesday. The fragile state of the system became glaringly obvious during the recent radar and communication outages that led to hundreds of delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. They've all signed on to a coalition called Modern Skies, which produced a TV ad leaning heavily on 1980s nostalgia with portable cassette players and leg warmers.
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