May 30, 2018
Did you know when you text someone that you’ve landed at the
airport, you’re using far more advanced technology than your
plane’s air traffic controller? It’s a shameful fact that
some of the methods they rely on today have not changed since the
1930’s. Over 60 countries – including all the developed nations -
have modernized their systems but ours is stuck in the past thanks
to politics and special interest turf wars.
To find out why, I asked Bob Poole. Bob is America's foremost
expert on private sector solutions to transportation issues. He’s
advised virtually every presidential administration since Ronald
Reagan’s and is the founder of and director of transportation
policy at Reason Foundation.
A better, safer air traffic control system could be right at our
fingertips and the controllers themselves want those changes to
happen. But progress is in a holding pattern until we demand
that Congress act. Enough is enough.
Join us as we discuss common sense solutions to this long-neglected
problem.