What does it take to “play 3D chess at 250 miles an hour”? And how far will $12.5 billion of “Big, Beautiful” funding go toward modernizing the F.A.A.? (Part two of a <a href="https://freakonomics.com/is-the-air-traffic-control-system-broken/">two-part series</a>.) <ul><li>SOURCES:<ul><li><a href="https://psych.utah.edu/people/faculty/strayer-david.php">David Strayer</a>, professor of cognition and neural science at the University of Utah.</li><li><a href="https://itif.org/person/dorothy-robyn/">Dorothy Robyn</a>, senior fellow at I.T.I.F.</li><li><a href="https://news.delta.com/leader-bio-ed-bastian-chief-executive-officer">Ed Bastian</a>, C.E.O. of Delta Airlines.</li><li><a href="https://nbaa.org/about/contact-nbaa/senior-executives/edward-m-bolen-president-and-ceo/">Ed Bolen</a>, president and C.E.O. of the National Business Aviation Association.</li><li><a href="https://mason.wm.edu/faculty/directory/strong-j.php">John Strong</a>, professor of finance and economics at the William and Mary School of Business.</li><li>Kenneth Levin, retired air traffic controller.</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviadgrace/">Olivia Grace</a>, former product manager at Slack.</li><li><a href="https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/july/polly-trottenberg-named-dean-of-nyu-s-robert-f--wagner-graduate-.html">Polly Trottenberg</a>, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>RESOURCES:<ul><li>“<a href="https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/an-air-traffic-controller-speaks-out-about-newark-airport/6d96deb3-65f4-414f-bfdf-d7c468b94755?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAg-sBMumm0ey-pWMek4NmrAGs8Q5au46HgqvwOdXzo_GECEDBH40nBJsUdTdLg%3D&gaa_ts=68c2d7be&gaa_sig=H6Im0mPdqjAPs1T6HZMzlsVuZd9Q07sJ4fNvUQd6QeYYYTDflB2icDR7UhaOyn2PsbdOTHK9HLk_ozZB2NoNWw%3D%3D">An Air Traffic Controller Speaks Out About Newark Airport</a>,” by The Journal (2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://enotrans.org/article/why-did-air-traffic-control-reform-efforts-fail-again/">Why Did Air Traffic Control Reform Efforts Fail (Again)?</a>" by Jeff Davis (Eno Center for Transportation, 2023).</li><li>"<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.3758/PBR.17.4.479">Supertaskers: Profiles in extraordinary multitasking ability</a>," by Jason Watson and David Strayer (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2021).</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Skies-Organization-Financing-Management/dp/1138247405">Managing the Skies: Public Policy, Organization, and Financing of Air Traffic Management</a>, by John Strong and Clinton Oster (2016).</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li>EXTRAS:<ul><li>"<a href="https://freakonomics.com/podcast/multitasking-doesnt-work-so-why-do-we-keep-trying/">Multitasking Doesn't Work. So Why Do We Keep Trying?</a>" by Freakonomics Radio (2024).</li></ul></li></ul>

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