US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

	US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028(reuters.com)
	403 points by ChrisArchitect 5 days ago \| 327 comments
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	HN Discussion: ~FAA's rigorous safety process makes modernization genuinely risky, not simply overdue ↓Replacing well-understood legacy systems is scarier than keeping the old floppies ↓Skepticism about political framing and questions about technical details of the replacement ↓The article's language is vague or imprecise about what's actually being modernized ↑The underlying infrastructure problems (like no backup connections) are the real concern