Antiquated Air Traffic Control
March 11, 2010 at 05:09 AM EST
Today, the Senate turned to the Federal Aviation Administration authorization, H.R.1586. The last four-year authorization expired September 30, 2007. What caused this 2½ year delay? Congress couldn’t agree on how to apportion the excise and ticket taxes to pay for a desperately needed modernization of the air traffic control system. Your car has GPS. Your phone [...]