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By Vincent E. Bianco III <\/strong>\u2022 Contributing Writer\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Subscription Required\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

New air traffic control automation increases controller workload before it reduces it, often for years. Having lived the last transition, I believe the FAA should judge CAP bidders not only on software performance, but on how they will staff, sequence, and manage the deployment.<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 14, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the FAA is running its current modernization through 11,389 separate project schedules that nobody has joined into one. As a result, GAO found, the agency sends installation crews to the same facilities again and again, generally without arranging the visits to limit the disruption to controllers. <\/span><\/p>\n

In one example, technicians are due at a St. Louis facility in April 2027 to prepare for a new voice switch. About eight months later, a different team is due at the same facility to prepare for new information displays.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport. Photo credit: LAX\/X.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Through both visits, the facility must continue handling live traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n

That work marks the first phase of the FAA’s plan. The larger second phase includes the system five companies are now competing to build.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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