Episode 507 • • 2:17:02 - 2:21:48
507: Airplane Apocalypse
Airline Apocalypse, FAA Furloughs, Air Traffic Control
The media's prediction of an "airplane apocalypse" due to sequester-related FAA furloughs is debunked. The hosts, one of whom is a pilot, explain that air traffic control operations are binary and cannot simply be "furloughed" without shutting down airspace entirely.