Air Traffic Controllers

GUESTS: Jon Hilkevitch Transportation Reporter for The Chicago Tribune Mike Wascom Vice President of Communications for the Air Transport Association Steven Brown Associate Administrator for Air Traffic Services at the FAA Ruth Marlin Executive Vice President of NATCA - the National Air Traffic Controllers Association America's airports are severely congested. More people are flying than ever before, but air traffic control equipment and the human traffic controllers are aging. What are the solutions? Join guest host Steve Inskeep for a look at the nation's air traffic control problems.

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