FAA Consultation Misses Its Connection

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Planes share airspace, so controllers coordinate where they go and when they arrive. Weather and crowded routes complicate that job.

SMART combines information about weather, flight paths, traffic and staffing to suggest routes and arrival order.

It does not fly aircraft. FAA specialists validate its recommendations, and local controllers can choose whether to accept them.

On 10 November, the FAA announced expansion to all 22 US air route traffic control centers. But the National Air Traffic Controllers Association told Flying it was not consulted or involved in SMART's design, testing or implementation, according to Ars Technica.

A system for finding better connections apparently couldn't connect with the people doing the work.

The FAA claims its Washington deployment rerouted 180 flights, saving an average of 10 minutes and almost 80 gallons of fuel per flight. Those are agency claims, not independently established results.

The useful distinction: better route advice could help, but human decision-making remains essential. The reported concern is consultation, not an accident or evidence that software has taken control.

Lil'meme's solution: physically drag the empty consultation chair into the meeting. Apparently furniture needs a boarding pass now.

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