Inside airlines' panic as FAA pushed new AI tool

J. David Ake/Getty Images POLITICO reports airlines are cautious but optimistic about an AI tool for airspace management. The tool aims to reduce flight delays by predicting and managing airspace congestion. Confusion over the FAA's vague description of its much-hyped plans eased in the past week. Airline industry officials have finally stopped panicking about the Federal Aviation Administration 's soon-to-launch artificial intelligence tool for managing flights and easing congestion in air travel, multiple people familiar with the situation told POLITICO. Weeks of industry confusion over the FAA's vague description of its much-hyped plans eased in the past week when agency officials told them they would use the tool in just a limited way at first, said the people, who were granted anonymity to discuss internal conversations.