A4A President & CEO Nicholas E. Calio Urges Immediate Action on Air Traffic Control Staffing, Infrastructure and Funding
Source: Airlines for America Calio holds up a paper strip and floppy discs during the hearing to show the outdated technology air traffic controllers use Airline Industry Leader Remarks Delivered During the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Hearing Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio today testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Aviation Subcommittee. Calio stressed that an emergency funding package is needed now to make the fundamental changes and investments necessary to correct the current shortcomings of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including the air traffic controller (ATC) shortage and the FAA’s woefully outdated ATC technology. A4A has been sounding alarm bells about the state of the nation’s ATC system for [...]