The FAA's Incompetence Is Making Travel Dreams a Reality

The FAA is suffering from serious staff shortages and has been for years. Staffing for the three major airports in the New York area is only at 54% of the level it should be. Not helping is a mandatory retirement age of 56 for air traffic controllers. The basic answer to this dangerous anti-consumer mess is doing what more than 60 other developed countries have done, Steve Forbes says.