FAA Expands AI Advisory Tool to Manage Congestion Across All US Airspace

The FAA has extended its AI-based advisory tool for managing air traffic congestion to cover the entire US airspace. Airlines have praised the tool, but the air traffic controllers' union was not involved in its rollout.

Why it matters: It is a concrete example of AI being deployed in safety-critical government operations, and the union's exclusion highlights the labor and governance questions such deployments raise.