Some are calling for the FAA's budget for air traffic control to be detached from Washington budget fights.
There’s been a shortage of controllers for years.
Some airlines are pinning some of the blame for recent delays on the Federal Aviation Administration.
The world’s first air traffic control tower was commissioned at Croydon Airport in the U.K. on Feb. 25, 1920, revolutionizing what would become the airline industry.
Congress has pushed off deadlines for the reauthorization bill, but the next one is at the end of September.
