About this episode

Scott McCartney interviews FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford about airspace management and other aviation topics.

Scott McCartney with FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford. Topics: Airspace management, equipment modernization, controller staffing, and more. Also: Weather and a sinkhole, and Spirit's eye popping March numbers tell the unfortunate story.

People in this episode

Host: Scott McCartney

Guest: Bryan Bedford

Topics covered

• Airspace management
• equipment modernization
• controller staffing
• weather
• Spirit Airlines

Keywords

• FAA
• airspace management
• controller staffing
• Spirit Airlines
• weather
• equipment modernization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FAA, Spirit

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