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Re:Why 40-Year-Old Tech Is Still Running America's Air Traff... by ryannevius on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @01:54AM (#9105620)
As a pilot myself, I wouldn't be so fast to blame the FAA (as much as we pilots don't like them at times). The FAA is using 40 year old tech for the same reason we (especially general aviation pilots) are flying 40+ year old planes: there used to be tons of money pouring into aviation, and now there's not. It's prohibitively expensive to do just about anything in aviation nowadays.
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Re:Why 40-Year-Old Tech Is Still Running America's Air Traff... by rwc on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @10:01AM (#9137921)
But that's in large part because of the FAA. Look no further than the LSA category, which never took off because of the onerous regulatory environment. I think it's much more likely the 40 year old tech is a product of risk-aversion than a lack of money pouring into aviation.
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