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Article: Rushed FAA Test of NextGen Computer System Unsuccessful; NATCA Wants to Help Make it Work but Agency Continues to Shut Door.
- Article from:
- Journal of Transportation
- Article date:
- October 24, 2009
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The Federal Aviation Administration early last Saturday morning rushed another key test of a problem-plagued and oft-delayed new computer system for the nation's large, regional air traffic control facilities with the goal of keeping it on indefinitely at Salt Lake Center, but got a predictable and disappointing result: the system held its own during light traffic on the overnight shift and then failed when traffic volume picked up later in the morning. Only the controllers' hard work and resourcefulness averted bigger problems, but not before the FAA's lack of training for them on both the primary and backup computer systems became disturbingly clear.
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