645. Is the Air Traffic Control System Broken?
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62 min
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Freakonomics Radio examines America's aging air traffic control system, exploring outdated technology, controller shortages, funding challenges, and potential solutions including corporatization models used internationally.
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Dorothy Robyn describes photos in the current transportation secretary's modernization plan showing radar systems cooled by desk fans, paper flight strips, and Alaska systems using ribbon cable and aluminum foil.
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