{"id":19088,"date":"2026-11-14T16:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=19088"},"modified":"2026-11-14T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T16:05:48","slug":"delta-ceo-says-air-traffic-control-systems-are-so-outdated-that-some-commercial-flight-routes-were-faster-in-the-1950s-than-they-are-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=19088","title":{"rendered":"Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems.\u00a0Today, those problems persist and are even more illuminated thanks to the <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/11\/13\/faa-ground-us-airports-european-airlines-bomb-threats\/\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2026\/11\/13\/faa-ground-us-airports-european-airlines-bomb-threats\/\">FAA\u2019s nationwide ground stop<\/a> on Friday. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted last year that some of the decades-old computer equipment air traffic controllers use looks like it <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/article\/newark-air-traffic-controller-shortage-aging-equipment\/\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/article\/newark-air-traffic-controller-shortage-aging-equipment\/\">came off the set of <em>Apollo 13<\/em><\/a>, and compared it to a 1967 <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/volkswagen\/\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/volkswagen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volkswagen<\/a> Beetle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delta CEO Ed Bastian also revealed last year that, due to aging air traffic control systems, it actually takes longer today to fly from Atlanta to LaGuardia than it did in the 1950s when the airline opened that route.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s the air traffic control system. It\u2019s very slow. It\u2019s congested,\u201d he <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/delta-ceo-ed-bastian-on-air-travel-safety-concerns-outdated-tech-239618117939\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/delta-ceo-ed-bastian-on-air-travel-safety-concerns-outdated-tech-239618117939\">told<\/a> <em>TODAY<\/em> in May 2025. \u201cIf you modernize the skies, you can kind of bring greater efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By modernizing the skies, the airline chief means using satellite technology, the latest state-of-the-art equipment, and GPS. But currently, air traffic controllers have to use a radar point-and-shoot system from the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe screens look like something out of the 1960s and \u201870s,\u201d Bastian said. \u201cOur controllers and our operators need the best in order to keep us safe and make sure it maintains its safety record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a barrage of emergency landings, machinery failure, a collision, and other air traffic control failures in the airline industry reported this year, he insists it\u2019s still safe to fly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is absolutely safe. It\u2019s the safest form of transportation in the world,\u201d Bastian said. \u201cThe most skilled aviation professionals in the world work and operate the U.S. airspace. So it is absolutely safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But just because it\u2019s safe doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s acceptable for the U.S. to have such antiquated technology operating its airspace, Bastian said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although there is <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.ainonline.com\/aviation-news\/aerospace\/2025-05-09\/duffys-atc-plan-draws-unified-industry-support\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ainonline.com\/aviation-news\/aerospace\/2025-05-09\/duffys-atc-plan-draws-unified-industry-support\">bipartisan support<\/a> to modernize America\u2019s air traffic control system, it\u2019s a process that requires a lot of time and money. On May 8, 2025, Duffy and President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a brand-new air traffic control system \u201cthat will be the envy of the world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan includes replacing outdated infrastructure with wireless and satellite technologies at more than 4,600 air traffic control sites, building six new air traffic coordination centers, and replacing towers and terminal radar approach control (TRACONs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur antiquated air traffic control system is affecting our workforce,\u201d the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. \u201cAs Secretary Duffy has said, we must get the best safety technology in the hands of controllers as soon as possible.\u201d Reuters <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/faa-hire-2000-air-traffic-controllers-this-year-maintain-strict-boeing-oversight-2025-03-26\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/faa-hire-2000-air-traffic-controllers-this-year-maintain-strict-boeing-oversight-2025-03-26\/\">reported<\/a> in late March the FAA was short about 3,500 air traffic controllers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, Duffy called on Congress to appropriate $50 billion for modernization. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, though, estimates it <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/08\/nx-s1-5391297\/air-traffic-control-system-overhaul-modernization\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/05\/08\/nx-s1-5391297\/air-traffic-control-system-overhaul-modernization\">could cost $12.5 billion<\/a>. The <a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/modernskies.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/modernskies.com\/\">Modern Skies Coalition<\/a>, an umbrella group for aviation industry groups, estimated it would cost $31 billion or more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the short term, the airline industry is making adjustments to improve flight delays and cancellations that result from air traffic control problems. Many airlines are pulling down their operations at Newark, Bastian said, which reduces some of the congestion at the airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, that\u2019s not good in the long run. It\u2019s not good for consumers,\u201d Bastian said. \u201cIt\u2019s not good for the airport itself, but it\u2019s the only thing that we have in the meantime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A version of this story originally published on <\/em><a aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/\"><em>Fortune.com<\/em><\/a><em> on May 16, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems.\u00a0Today, those problems persist and are even more illuminated thanks to the FAA\u2019s nationwide ground stop on Friday. 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