"Eight of the country's busiest airports have significant delays; unable to operate without delays even under optimum conditions"(1). This has been a problem the FAA has been dealing with for a long time. Trying to step up to the plate, the FAA planned on spending well above 5 billion dollars to implement a program, not knowing then, but would bring discredit to the FAA even to this day. What seems to be the problem? How do we fix this problem without resorting to a major development plan, such as, the FAA's Advanced Automated Plan which by all accounts was, to little, to late.

FAA in its annual aviation conference and forecast, predicts a 39 percent increase in

takeoffs and landings by the year 2012. A rise in air travel from almost 26 million in 2000

to 36 million in 2012. The number of passengers flying each year on U.S. airlines is

projected to rise from 733 million in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2012 (2). With this increase in

air travel and the inability of the current air traffic system to even handle today's numbers, there has been a mad dash in trying to come up with solutions on how to revamp the air traffic control system.

AOPA Pilot Online On-line Internet Feb. 1998 Available

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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)