646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ...

646. An Air Traffic Controller Walks Into a Radio Studio ...

What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a two-part series.)

  • SOURCES:
    • David Strayer, professor of cognition and neural science at the University of Utah.
    • Dorothy Robyn, senior fellow at I.T.I.F.
    • Ed Bastian, C.E.O. of Delta Airlines.
    • Ed Bolen, president and C.E.O. of the National Business Aviation Association.
    • John Strong, professor of finance and economics at the William and Mary School of Business.
    • Kenneth Levin, retired air traffic controller.
    • Olivia Grace, former product manager at Slack.
    • Polly Trottenberg, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.


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