Polly Trottenberg: FAA Modernization Requires More Than Funding, Including ‘The Right Technology’ and Leadership

RUSH EXCERPT:

TROTTENBERG: “I mean, look, you in a situation like this, you really need to as you as your reporters were pointing out, it’s to say the system got overloaded with data. There’s a lot more you would want to know about exactly what happened there and what are the dangers of it happening. Again, obviously, that’s your first question. But again, the deeper questions are, if we want to invest more in this air traffic control system and in the modernizing our equipment, what’s the best way to do it? We need more money, but we also need to make sure we have the right technology. And frankly, we have the right leadership and the right expertise in place to execute. And so I think it’s it’s partially a cry for more funding. But I think also it is a it is a sort of a deeper discussion we need to have.”