I still remember when they last mondernized some old 70s ATC system with the newfangled Windows 95 system. Happy 30th birthday*, Windows 95 Welcome to 32-bit (sorta).

The FAA will no longer use Windows 95 for air traffic control. Floppy disks, another tech relic, will also be canned—something that should have happened a long time ago, one would think.

While the difficulties are real, the problems of letting a rusting system rust further are starting to press the issue. The acting FAA administrator wants to get it done. We'll see if he can.

During a tense second day of hearings into January’s fatal midair collision near Reagan National Airport, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy sharply criticized the ...