The comment: "FAA still relies on outdated technology, including a radar-based control system designed in the 1940s and '50s." is like saying that mankind is relying on 8,000 year old technology when we use the wheel. That is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!

"said that the FAA still relies on outdated technology, including a radar-based control system designed in the 1940s and '50s."

To above poster, W, this does not mean the entire system is from the 40's or 50's or that no updates of any kind have been done since those years. If only a small part of the system can be connected directly to 40's/50's then that statement can be held "technically" correct. In a way it's like saying that the Core 2 is based on 30 year old technology because it has clear connection to the original 8086. But suffice it to say the bulk of the system runs on pre-pac-man technology and it's not that great and I don't doubt parts of the system do date back to the 50's and maybe even the 40's and have just had bits and pieces of newer tech grafted on to make due for now, over and over again.

I don't understand all the stupid red tape some of these government officials use. There is some serious rectal-cranial inversion going on here in the usa (if that wasn't obvious by who we are trying to elect in both parties) 

I digress...

Replace your systems FAA, Do it before you become liable for preventable deaths.

"said that the FAA still relies on outdated technology, including a radar-based control system designed in the 1940s and '50s."
Didn't I read that the americans were doing away with radar based control and were moving to GPS/transponder based systems? in that case the radar will always be old since they won't use it anymore.
Also didn't they actually invent doppler radar and install it at airports ro detect microbursts way way WAY after the 50's since the technology didn't exist then.
And while I'm at it, didn't the brits invent the word RADAR in '41? and started using it as a practical device well into the 40's. so I strongly doubt the yanks use radar equipment from the 40's/50's, from before the damn thing was operational and early years when it could not even make out much, sounds like a bit overstated for effect perhaps huh?
Saying nonsense doesn't help a situation like this at all, yes they use old stuff, sometimes from as far back as the late 60s, but why subtract 2 or 3 decades? Isn't it bad enough as it is?