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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
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS
Contact: Doug Pincock, Salt Lake Center Facility Representative,
+1-801-971-4078, or Doug Church, National Office, +1-301-346-8245,
both of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 ...