Regulations and Government
DOT bashes Stars, calls on FAA to stem runaway cost
In a September 9 report to the FAA Administrator, the DOT’s inspector general called upon the agency “to reevaluate the costs of Stars [the standard termin

In a September 9 report to the FAA Administrator, the DOT’s inspector general called upon the agency “to reevaluate the costs of Stars [the standard terminal automation and replacement system] and consider other alternatives.”

Stars was envisioned by FAA planners as the centerpiece of the agency’s terminal automation modernization strategy, which would replace aging 1970s-era equipment at every ATC terminal in the NAS. But as the IG’s report clearly illustrates, this promise has not been, and may never be, realized.