John Oliver on US Air Traffic Control Staffing and Equipment
LastWeekTonight · Commentary · YouTube title: Air Traffic Control: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Why it's here
HN links it in threads on FAA modernization and controller shortages as an entertaining but substantive summary of the problem.
What it covers
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment covers the working conditions of US air traffic controllers and the understaffing, outdated equipment (including floppy disks) and funding structure of the FAA. It mixes comedy with policy criticism.