Omits the fact that the FAA was warned repeatedly by NATCA and others that removing redundancies would introduce risks of events like this, but the FAA and Congress decided to not spend the money to maintain an second redundant route for data and messages. In 2006, FTI was sold as a way to reduce expenses and modernize the ATC communications network, but a huge part of the savings was removing redundant pathways for data and communications. As things progressed, it moved from reducing to eliminating redundant circuits…and we see why that isn’t a great solution.