FAA says its AI air traffic adviser has expanded nationwide

SMART doesn’t get the final say: the FAA says specialists validate its recommendations, and local controllers can reject them. The agency says its $875 million AI adviser now covers all 22 air traffic control centers nationwide and credits its initial Washington, DC, rollout with saving an average of 10 minutes per rerouted flight. The controllers’ union says it wasn’t involved in designing, testing or implementing the system.