ATC
Groups Push Lawmakers To Up FAA's ATC Equipment Budget
Organizations say the aviation trust fund can support increased investment
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A cross-section of aviation industry groups is urging congressional leaders to step up funding for air traffic control (ATC) maintenance and modernization at the FAA, saying in a letter that “the effects of underinvestment…are becoming strikingly clear.”

Signed by 26 industry associations representing business and general aviation, airlines, air traffic controllers and specialists, pilots and flight attendants, and manufacturers—among many others—the July 16 letter to leaders on the Appropriations Committees, in addition to Senate Commerce and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committees, said, “We also believe more must be done to not only maintain and sustain the ATC system but also to modernize it.”

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