Plan B Forum

So everyone in the USA is grounded over a computer problem on an antiquated system that the FAA has been trying to modernize for years but cannot get adequate funds and supports to finalize the project.

USA is really becoming a cringy embarrassment in terms of infrastructure.



https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/faa-sy ... index.html

If that is the problem, then user fees could easily fund an upgrade. Careful what you wish for, "upgrades" of this type often go badly.

I would think given what the user fees (really surcharges and taxes on plane tickets are) they could be coninuously upgrading, but from what I see atthe airports they'd rather use them for the security theater we have had since Sep 11. A while back I recall having to be security screened twice in a foreign country and was told this was required by the US for all flights to the US. The screening was done by airline personnel and was essentially the same as the one when entering the airport, but they have plenty of money for that silliness.