Miles O’Brien on Nationwide Flight Disruptions: ‘This Is What Happens When You Neglect Important Things’

RUSH EXCERPT:

O'BRIEN: “Indeed. And I think we‘ve showed them, haven‘t we? Uh, Laura, this this is what happens when you neglect important things when you don‘t take care of infrastructure. Year upon year. This has been kicked down the can from administration to administration to administration. Uh, nextgen was never properly funded, and the FAA fumbled a lot of the technology it was supposed to deploy. And I think we saw a huge fumble today in pushing out this software over twisted pair, tiny copper wires. Uh, so it‘s a, it‘s a long and complicated story and it‘s time to make it a priority. Maybe this will get people‘s attention. Maybe this will get Congress in line to, to appropriate some funds, but it is worth pointing out that the Trump Administration has had complete control of government for two years. Uh, and it seems”