FAA to Streamline Air Traffic Control

From: The Washington Post | Date: August 13, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The Federal Aviation Administration agreed yesterday to take a series of steps to reduce air traffic control delays that the airlines contend cost them billions of dollars a year.

In particular, the FAA said it would strengthen the decision- making authority of the FAA Command Center in Herndon, allowing it to assert more authority over various air traffic control centers around the country.

The problem, according to the airlines, centers on the air traffic control systems' inability to make decisions quickly about the flow of airline traffic in bad weather or during abnormal circumstances ...

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