A vote to modernize the air traffic control system

America’s efforts to modernize its air traffic control system are over budget, behind schedule and far less advanced than in other countries. A bill aiming to improve the nation’s air traffic control system by removing it from the Federal Aviation Administration, the national air safety regulator, is expected to get a vote in Congress this month.
The U.S. air traffic control system is more costly than it should be, and its funding via annual congressional appropriations is unstable a