Airlines blame the FAA's antiquated air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stress In The Skies] Reference

The Blaster virus resulted in breakdowns of ATMs and air-traffic-control systems.    From Wordnik.com.  [INTERNET SECURITY: THE TWO-MINUTE VIRUS] Reference

I think the biggest issue is the infrastructure in the air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The View From The Top] Reference

AIRLINESWorst scenario: At midnight, the nation's air-traffic-control systems go dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day The World Shuts Down] Reference

Should the air-traffic-control system be spun off from the FAA, or managed independently?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The View From The Top] Reference

According to this argument, the failures lay entirely within the Brazilian air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Langewiesche on the Amazon air crash] Reference

European countries don't have to consider bids by U.S. companies to supply air-traffic-control equipment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leaders Favor Domestic Companies, Despite Talk of Free Trade] Reference

The airlines say the problem lies in insufficient air routes and an antiquated air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travel: Happy Tarmac Sitting!] Reference

The impasse will leave it to the FAA to move forward on safety fixes and air-traffic-control modernization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Partisan Dispute in Senate] Reference

For example, we're already accelerating deployment of the next generation of air-traffic-control technology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Better Things Coming for Air Travel] Reference

Political gridlock has defeated every scheme to reconstruct the FAA's antiquated air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [A New Day At The Faa?] Reference

United says 31% of all flights at O'Hare had an air-traffic-control delay in June, compared with 21% last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flying Was Supposed to Be Better] Reference

But the next-generation air-traffic-control system is scheduled to be rolled out only over the next two decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [White House Moves to Ease Holiday Air Travel] Reference

Similar incidents have also breached the Air Force's air-traffic-control system in recent months, these people say.    From Wordnik.com.  [Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project] Reference

"The problems of the air-traffic-control system are the predictable result of flawed public policy," Dr. Robyn says.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Flier's Plea to the New President] Reference

Since DayJets are not flying into crowded hubs, Iacobucci doesn't think air-traffic-control hang-ups will ground them.    From Wordnik.com.  [10 Big Thinkers for Big Business] Reference

The bill authorizes funding for the FAA, including long-sought upgrades to air-traffic-control facilities, for four years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Senate Weighs New FAA Safety Provisions] Reference

The Soviet air-traffic-control system along this routing-called G-3 now-was the only one in the country that spoke English.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cardinal of the Kremlin]

That site has good information on any air-traffic-control programs in place to slow down or stop takeoffs for major airports.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Travel Smart This Summer] Reference

The new airline would also face challenges in Brazil's airport and air-traffic-control infrastructure, which need improvement.    From Wordnik.com.  [JetBlue Founder to Create] Reference

What didn't happen in 1978 was that they didn't deregulate the air-traffic-control system, and it's still operating circa 1978.    From Wordnik.com.  [The View From The Top] Reference

"About two-thirty, but it means putting off the Secretary of Transportation's meeting about the air-traffic-control proposals.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bear and the Dragon]

The FAA admitted that employees in Dallas covered up air-traffic-control mistakes that led to a series of close calls in the sky.    From Wordnik.com.  [FAA Covered Up Near-Collisions] Reference

Friday afternoon, negotiators reached agreement to end a long-running dispute over how to fund air-traffic-control modernization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Senate Speeds FAA-Overhaul Bill] Reference

Honeywell International Inc. landed a contract to help develop technology for Europe's next-generation air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Honeywell Wins European Pact] Reference

Eurocontrol, Europe's air-traffic-control agency, said 28,000 flights were expected Monday in Europe, about 1,000 less than normal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanic Ash Disrupts Travel Again] Reference

A new air-traffic-control system about to be deployed has the potential to save fuel, shave time off long flights and enhance safety.    From Wordnik.com.  [New System Makes Air-Traffic Control Cheaper and Safer] Reference

The White House, for example, now says that the Federal Aviation Administration's air-traffic-control system won't succumb to the Y2K bug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Self-Inflicted Cyber Wound?] Reference

He also had to pay the federal excise tax on his canceled tickets, even though he wasn't using the air-traffic-control services those taxes fund.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Reason Fliers] Reference

Among airlines, aviation organizations and air-traffic-control agencies, there is widespread agreement that ADS-B is the technology of the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [New System Makes Air-Traffic Control Cheaper and Safer] Reference

As the aircraft's speed plummeted by about 60 miles per hour in less than half a minute, the crew was distracted by air-traffic-control communications.    From Wordnik.com.  [Airline Safety Gap Cited in Crash Probe] Reference

"Unfortunately, the way the air-traffic-control system is designed, flights from close proximity get unfairly penalized," said spokeswoman Kristy Nicholas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Extreme Delays:] Reference

Persistent labor-management problems have sapped morale and, according to some FAA critics, reduced safety margins in the nation's air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Former Pilot-Union Chief Set to Take Helm of FAA] Reference

With funding plans for long-term navigation upgrades stalled in Congress, the moves are meant to demonstrate progress in improving the air-traffic-control system.    From Wordnik.com.  [FAA Seeks to Improve Traffic Control] Reference

In the network model, where the people who are responsible for your projects don't necessarily have your business card, you have to adopt an air-traffic-control mind-set.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mining for Gold] Reference

Harris supplies technical infrastructure used in everything from HDTV broadcast systems and air-traffic-control systems to jet-fighter radio units and cryptography equipment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harris Fields Preliminary Bids for Sale] Reference

But other countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia have found that a corporate-like agency can deliver better air-traffic-control services than the government can.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Flier's Plea to the New President] Reference