IJR News — today's news from every sideSam Okafor It's wrong to attack flight crew no matter who you are. They deserve protection on the job. Priya Raman US carriers are right to push back since this would let China keep using Russian routes that everyone else is blocked from. US Plans $30 Billion ATC Overhaul After Outage — Sep 22, 2026Following a telecommunications outage that disrupted thousands of flights, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is asking Congress for an additional $30 billion to modernize air traffic control and airport infrastructure, on top of the $12.5 billion already approved. The plan aims to replace copper lines with modern communications, upgrade radars and radios, and build multiple redundant pathways to prevent future single-point failures, with affected airports including JFK, EWR, LGA, PHL, and BOS.
