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ATC Data Outages an Issue In Merger to FTI System

Steve Scott

Monday, May 15th, 2006

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The Professional Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) says that a new federal audit confirms its fears that the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) mishandled efforts so far to merge various air traffic control (ATC) telecommunications data systems into one new system will continue causing unpredictable ATC data outages. The April 27 audit by the Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) focuses on how FAA is managing the transition of seven existing systems into one new system, known as the Federal Telecommunications Infrastructure…

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