11/20/2023 0 Comments Air traffic control reform initiative![]() But after billions and billions of tax dollars spent and the many years of delays, we are still stuck with an ancient, broken, antiquated, horrible system that doesn’t work. The FAA has been trying to upgrade our nation’s air traffic control system for a long period of years. We live in a modern age, yet our air traffic control system is stuck painfully in the past. It causes flight delays and crippling inefficiencies, costing our economy as much as $25 billion a year in economic output. The current system cannot keep up - hasn’t been able to keep up for many years. ![]() We are now approaching nearly one billion passengers annually. Our air traffic control system was designed when roughly 100,000 people flew at our airports each year. At a time when every passenger has GPS technology in their pockets, our air traffic control system still runs on radar and ground-based radio systems that they don’t even make anymore, they can’t even fix anymore, and many controllers must use slips of paper to track our thousands and thousands of planes that are up in the air. Yet, more than a half a century later, the government is still using much of the exact same outdated technology. Since the early days of commercial air service, the federal government has owned and operated the United States air traffic control system. We will launch this air travel revolution by modernizing the outdated system of air traffic control. Our plan will get you where you need to go more quickly, more reliably, more affordably and, yes - for the first time in a long time - on time. We’re proposing reduced wait times, increased route efficiency, and far fewer delays. Today, we are proposing to take American air travel into the future - finally. For too many years, our country has tolerated unacceptable delays at the airport, long wait times on the tarmac, and a slowing of commerce and travel that costs us billions and billions of dollars in lost hours and lost dollars themselves. We’re here today to discuss another issue that has gone unsolved for far too long. This is truly wonderful, really monumental reform, so important for our veterans. To all of our veterans who have a served this nation, a very, very special thank you. Of course, there is still much work to do, but today’s action shows the determined leadership and what it can accomplish - great, great reform. Where is Secretary Shulkin? What a great job. And I congratulate Secretary Shulkin for making this very, very important decision. This is one of the biggest wins for our veterans in decades. The records will now be able to follow the veteran when they leave service - meaning faster, better, and far better quality care. Secretary Shulkin announced this morning that the VA will announce and modernize its medical records to use the same system as the Department of Defense. I’m very proud to say that we are finally taking steps to solve this situation once and for all. This has caused massive problems for our veterans. In recent years, it has taken not just days or weeks, but many months for the records to follow the veteran. For decades the federal government has struggled to accomplish something that should be very, very simple - seamlessly transferring a veteran’s medical records from the Defense Department to the veterans groups and to the VA. ![]() (Applause.) It’s about time, too, I can tell you.īut before discussing our plans to modernize air travel, I want to provide an update on our efforts to fix and modernize vital services for our veterans - our great, great veterans who we all love. But I especially want to thank Secretary Elaine Chao, Leader Kevin McCarthy - thank you, Kevin - Chairman Bill Shuster - thank you very much, Bill - and all the members of Congress - we have many of them here today - for joining us as we prepare to enter a great new era in American aviation. I really appreciate everything and I appreciate you being here.
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