FAA administrator Huerta 'eager to engage' in ATC reform debate
FAA administrator Michael Huerta said it is now the "right time to be asking critical questions" about the structure of US ATC, citing a stable and safe existing ATC system and a strong US airline industry. Huerta has previously mostly stayed out of the debate over whether to separate ATC from FAA and create an independent entity to manage air traffic in the US. But March 2, Huerta said he is "eager to engage" in the discussion going forward. Huerta was speaking publicly about ATC for the first time since US president Donald Trump suggested that FAA's NextGen ATC modernisation program may be "way over budget [and] way beyond schedule" because Huerta is not a pilot. Trump has said NextGen "is a waste of tremendous amounts of money because the system is a bad system."<br/>
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FAA administrator Huerta 'eager to engage' in ATC reform debate
FAA administrator Michael Huerta said it is now the "right time to be asking critical questions" about the structure of US ATC, citing a stable and safe existing ATC system and a strong US airline industry. Huerta has previously mostly stayed out of the debate over whether to separate ATC from FAA and create an independent entity to manage air traffic in the US. But March 2, Huerta said he is "eager to engage" in the discussion going forward. Huerta was speaking publicly about ATC for the first time since US president Donald Trump suggested that FAA's NextGen ATC modernisation program may be "way over budget [and] way beyond schedule" because Huerta is not a pilot. Trump has said NextGen "is a waste of tremendous amounts of money because the system is a bad system."<br/>
