FAA problems go beyond recent outage and delays

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In the shadows of the airline debacle over Christmas, air travel is back in the news due to another big failure by the Department of Transportation. Last week, the FAA had a nationwide outage that canceled and delayed flights, trapping thousands of passengers. The FAA has been in need of serious reform for a long time and like many in the aviation sector I keep hoping for meaningful improvements to this important portion of the U.S. economy.