"What Is Going On With The FAA ATC System Here Domestically In The United States?"
This is the question Juan Browne, the highly respected aviation YouTuber, asked in the post above nine months ago. He continued, In the last couple of days, we've had no less than three to four major incidents that, if we continue to perform at this level, will eventually lead to disaster. He was clearly correct in his prediction. Whatever the efficient cause of Wednesday night's collision -- and based on the information that's slowly dribbling out, a politically connected DEI helicopter pilot may be partially responsible -- the formal cause seems to be the long-festering disorder within the air traffic control system, run by the FAA. If this particular glitch didn't cause a disaster, the next one would have. Browne discusses in detail three of the incidents he refers to. The most interesting for us here took place on April 18 last year at Reagan National, where Wednesday night's collision also took place. He begins his discussion of this at 7:31. It...