"John Harlow" wrote in message
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Unfortunately statements like these just tend to make people dig in. Just
present the facts and let people decide for themselves.

Thanks for the info.

The FAA wastes most of its budget. The Wall Street Journal makes a favorite
target of air traffic control systems that cost ten times what off the shelf
equipment could do better. The FAA spends decades and millions of dollars
developing new technologies and programs which were obsolete before they
even began studying them and then cancels them at the last minute.

They build architecturally monstrous ATC facilities that don't work right
from the day they are opened, have leaky roofs, cracks in the walls and
floors, substandard plumbing, inadequate parking, and poor security. The
moldy LA facility that they are complaining about is moldy because of
managerial negligence, not age.

The FAA budget should not only be cut, but much of the management should be
brought up on charges for criminal dereliction of duty.