From what to what? What counts as “serious?” What percentage of flights? Which kind of flights? How many of them are commercial passenger (as opposed to cargo)? Can the variance be ascribed to noise?
Sorry if some of these questions can be answered from the paywalled article. But my gut says that this is making news out of nothing important.
> In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, there were 503 air traffic control lapses that the F.A.A. preliminarily categorized as “significant,” 65 percent more than in the prior year, according to internal agency reports reviewed by The Times. During that period, air traffic increased about 4 percent.
Sorry if some of these questions can be answered from the paywalled article. But my gut says that this is making news out of nothing important.