National ATC Association says system needs modernization investment

Nake Danils, head of the National Air Force Watch Association (NATCA), said that recent interruptions “emphasize” the need to update the country’s air traffic control system.

“The key is to ensure that the system’s ability is identical to our capabilities and at the present time, while we continue to obtain these interruptions, it only confirms the need to invest in updating the air traffic system.”

The country’s air traffic control system, which is suitable for the lack of employment, the technology that is outdated, and the lack of investment in critical infrastructure for years, was in the spotlight in recent weeks, as Newark Liberty International Airport has seen many short communication interruptions.

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“We did not get here overnight,” said Daniels. “We will not come out from here overnight, but the partnership with this administration to make the investment required now will actually begin to provide the solutions that the American people deserve as they are looking for.”

Transport Minister Sean Duffy revealed plans earlier this month, whose administration said he would widely renew the ATC system to the “latest latest” system by replacing the infrastructure of radar, programs, devices and communications.

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NATCA, which represents nearly 20,000 air traffic monitors, engineers and other aviation safety workers, expressed its support for reforming the proposed system in the Ministry of Transport over the next few years.

Sean Duffy, US Secretary of Transport, during a ceremony held in Washington, the United States, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Duffy faced the first challenge to the road bases within hours of taking the head of the transport department, and ordered to re -replace (Chris Klabonis/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Daniels Trimble told three to four years a “realistic solution”.

Triple reported that the “Great and Beautiful” budget bill owned by President Donald Trump has provisions for allocating $ 12.5 billion to employ more air traffic monitors and to update system technology.

The President visited the Capitol Hill on Tuesday morning to sit with legislators on the draft law.

In response to Triple’s request to what the legislators are saying about the Duffy plan, Daniels said, “The time of work is now.”

He told Trimble: “The Transport and Infrastructure Committee in the House of Representatives has put an investment #12.5 billion in the system, which represents a wonderful start.” “The issues with congress were to finance the stopping and abandonment of the Federal Aviation Administration historically. The Federal Aviation Administration did not receive or asked for the amount of money they needed. Then when they go to fix something, or go to implement new systems, they only implement 10 to 30 of them because this is all the investment they enjoy on that day.”

He said that the large investment “simultaneously” will allow us to repair the infrastructure, put forward the change we need, then rent air traffic monitors to do this task. ”

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Daniels also confirmed that people are safe.

The FAA Air Monitoring Tower appears at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on May 7, 2025. (Kena Betancur / AFP / Getty Images)

“I was flying and out from every airport, that is, the airfoot observer we are doing,” he told Trimble. “The system is safe because of the men and women who work hard in this nation. They go to work under one of the most exhausted functions in the whole world.”

Daniela Jenovies contributed to this report.