The FAA's air traffic controllers rely on 138 systems that monitor weather, conduct navigation,

and surveillance, and manage communications. More than half of these systems are older than 20 years.

Some are more than 60 years old. Worryingly, FAA's assessment showed that 58 of the systems

with shortages or shortfalls have a critical operational impact.

Amongst them, we identified 17 that we felt were especially concerning, given their age,

sustainability, and operational impact.

Of those, the earliest of those 17 monetizations is planned to finish in six years.

Some are planned to be completed in 10 to 13 years, and four do not have ongoing

monetization efforts.

I am so damn tired of being lied to.

I don't think I can deny it anymore.

You can't stick to your story if you think it flies.

But I'm not going to buy it anymore.

Hello, my friend, and thank you for listening to the 3010th episode of Congressional Dish.

I'm your host Jennifer Briney.

On January 29th, 2025, just before 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,

a Black Hawk military helicopter crashed into an American Airlines regional flight carrying

64 people, just seconds before that plane was expected to safely land on the runway at Reagan

Washington National Airport, which is the closest airport to Washington, D.C. No one survived the crash.

And so including the three military members who died on board the military helicopter, the total

death toll is 67 people. Now before we get into this episode, because you're going to hear some

things today that are just probably not going to make you feel great about flying within the

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