Oh, good — the FAA buys second-rate virus protection for its computers. Fly safe!
Big- and small-l libertarians have argued for years to privatize airline safety and air traffic control. This latest StrategyPage report on the FAA’s software silliness is just another example that government tends to economize in all the wrong areas.
The profit motive is a powerful factor in human behavior, perhaps second only to sex. Let’s use it somewhere it might really matter.
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