America invented air travel, so why does it feel like we’re flying through a third-world system? With chronic staffing shortages, outdated 1970s technology, and diversity-obsessed hiring practices, the FAA has become a case study in government dysfunction. Other countries have already privatized their air traffic systems, improving incentives and bringing about crucial tech upgrades. But in America, we’re still moving plastic tags around like it’s 1968. This isn’t a funding problem—it’s institutional failure.