Anonymous
05/31/2025 11:53
Subject: Re:Mapped: Every Understaffed Air Traffic Control Tower in the U.S.
Anonymous wrote:Given all the apocalyptic posts about how AI is going to take over jobs, how come no one is talking about how AI should fill this particular labor shortage that seems very poised for AI?
It is not manual labor, it is mostly staring at screens and synthesizing data for optimal outcomes.
Yes, there are plans to modernize, but government isn't good at executing on really big projects. FAA NextGen has been going on since 2007 and is so behind that current completion date is 2030.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Air_Transportation_System
Anonymous
05/31/2025 11:01
Subject: Re:Mapped: Every Understaffed Air Traffic Control Tower in the U.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Given all the apocalyptic posts about how AI is going to take over jobs, how come no one is talking about how AI should fill this particular labor shortage that seems very poised for AI?
It is not manual labor, it is mostly staring at screens and synthesizing data for optimal outcomes.
To be honest, I have always thought the media's dramatics about jobs and AI are just efforts at generating readership. Here we have an obvious need rich with data and there is no AI answer. The air traffic controller shortage isn't new. It has been going on for more than a decade.
Self driving cars crash sometimes. You really think we’re ready to have 747s using similar technology?
Yes, into vehicles driven by other humans. Take out the human factor and let’s see the crash data.
Anonymous
05/31/2025 10:42
Subject: Mapped: Every Understaffed Air Traffic Control Tower in the U.S.
Anonymous wrote:Seems to be worst at smaller airports. Orlando was 34th (71% staffed) - that was the first big one I saw. And then Phoenix and Atlanta were 80% staffed.
And I didn’t see DC, NY, Miami, LA, etc on the list at all.
Some of it has to do with cost of living.