Problems in airt raffic control and proposed solutions

apa format - Problems in Air Traffic Control and Proposed Solutions         In northern California this summer, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unintentionally performed it's first operational test of 'free flight'; aviation without direct air traffic control. This was an unintentional experiment because it was a result of a total shut-down of the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC).          Although Oakland is only the 16th busiest ARTCC, it's responsible for the largest block of airspace …

…'eliminating barriers, improving communication, providing additional opportunities for training, and constantly encouraging all personnel to seek ways to improve'. The FAA is proud of its Quality activities because they 'foster such initiatives as continuous improvement of work processes, empowerment of employees, partnering of labor and management, and re-engineering'. (World Wide Web FAA Home-page, 1995) These are very lofty goals that always require improvement. But will disaster strike before their processes gets us a new ATC system?