Phillip Buckendorf, mentioned 13 times across podcast episodes and expert conversations analyzed by Sonic.
The aviation industry's reliance on faltering legacy software results in massive, consequential outages.
Legacy aviation software is difficult to modernize because it is deeply coupled with on-premise compute hardware, requiring manual, facility-by-facility updates.
The FAA should prioritize purchasing commercially available, proven software from the private sector rather than funding long-term custom development projects for its modernization efforts.