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PhotoHokieNC
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I wonder - since you have this knowledge base - CLT Douglas

just commissioned its "new" ATCC tower last year The old one was commissioned in 1979. The new one is alleged to have all the latest bells & whistles and handles a wide swath of the eastern seaboard: “The tower is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art NextGen technology to keep up with the current and future demand of our growing airfield. This modern infrastructure is another display of the strong partnership we have at CLT and we are grateful to the FAA for this investment to make air traffic more efficient. "The new Charlotte tower is the second-tallest tower in the nation after the 398-foot-tall tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport." Does this tower have what all the other failing systems will need to upgrade to? This tower was 5-6 years in the building after ??? years in design etc.
Link: Commissioning
Posted: 05/09/2025 at 05:03 PM ET
(In response to this post by vt90)

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No way all FAA monitoring systems can be overhauled in 3-4 years. Fly safe.**
MikeVT85 • 05/09/25 12:40 PM ET
If you had a non Government team of bright programmers, I bet it could**
coshokie • 05/09/25 08:02 PM ET
We may be reaching Costanza premonition come true …**
OXVT • 05/09/25 02:56 PM ET
I was part of a proposal to the FAA almost 20 years ago as part of a ...
vt90 • 05/09/25 01:21 PM ET
I wonder - since you have this knowledge base - CLT Douglas ◄
PhotoHokieNC • 05/09/25 05:03 PM ET
Been so long I'm not sure my 'knowledge base' applies here ...
vt90 • 05/09/25 11:03 PM ET
Nice analogy!**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/10/25 02:07 AM ET
They used it up building 57 EV car charging stations.**
ACCWatcher • 05/09/25 03:34 PM ET
It is possible, maybe even likely, that the politicians placed a higher
VTHokie2000 • 05/09/25 01:33 PM ET
But did anything actually get fixed with that infrastructure funding, or...
EDGEMAN • 05/09/25 03:40 PM ET
You are correct to raise that question because the Government spent money
VTHokie2000 • 05/09/25 04:14 PM ET
This is how lifetime "public servants" regularly amass huge fortunes 🤬🤬**
HOKIERIT • 05/09/25 07:11 PM ET
Yes, that appears to be the case for people in Congress and maybe upper
VTHokie2000 • 05/09/25 08:32 PM ET
Nope..I mean upper level and mostly Congress!**
HOKIERIT • 05/10/25 05:26 PM ET
I have many locations at my business and know several employees
hoosnowahokie • 05/09/25 04:13 PM ET
I believe when it was announced the impact was projected to have a larger
VTHokie2000 • 05/09/25 04:19 PM ET
If you expect 1 to 1 efficiency on any project that involves construction
hoosnowahokie • 05/09/25 04:25 PM ET
Except people's expectations may not have been based on that assumption.
VTHokie2000 • 05/09/25 04:40 PM ET
I don't care what people's expectations are.
hoosnowahokie • 05/09/25 05:40 PM ET
No, I am saying when the politicians pass a bill that provides funding for
VTHokie2000 • 05/09/25 08:22 PM ET
Agree - can't fix everything I guess.**
vt90 • 05/09/25 01:37 PM ET
Newark had another outage this morning.**
hoosnowahokie • 05/09/25 12:50 PM ET
No one knowing where anyone else is for 90 seconds.**
MikeVT85 • 05/09/25 12:52 PM ET