Eddytor writes "Investigations reveal that the FAA's 20-year-old, mainframe-based IT system has crashed several times in the last nine years and that the agency has been planning its replacement for at least four years — and maybe longer. But a new, next-generation IT system won't be on line until at least the end of 2008. Meanwhile, the old system creaks along on a wing and a prayer. Chris Preimesberger at eWEEK has the details..." Link to Original Source
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