After a bad plane crash, people want to fix the system for planes and get more helpers.

They say this will help keep people safe and stop problems like the ones at Newark airport.

The transport leader has a big plan for Thursday. The plan is to make the system for planes better. This will help with problems at airports.

The old system has problems with the country's many daily flights.

We don't know if Duffy's plan will get money from the government.

Duffy said, 'We will fix it for you, your families, and everyone in America.'

We don't know many details about the plan.

The system worked okay for a long time, so leaders did not change it. But okay is not good enough for flying because people can die, a professor said.

Maybe people will like Duffy's idea more after the plane crash in January and the plane fire in Toronto.

For many years, people have said the air traffic system in the country has problems.

The system is old and the buildings are old. We need to give it more attention.

Old wires for planes broke. This stopped planes in Newark.

A radar system stopped working for a short time. This system helps planes fly in and out of an airport. It stopped on April 28. The system needs information from another place. Maybe the lines that send this information did not work. Some of these lines are old. People who help planes in Philadelphia need these lines. This is because they moved from another city last summer. They moved to help with not enough workers.

The FAA wants to change old wires. They will put in new wires. They will also add three more lines for information. They are also teaching more people to do the job.

We don't know how long these things will take.

So, fewer planes fly at Newark Airport.

The FAA has a program called Nextgen since 2003. It helps planes fly better. They made a new system called ADS-B. It shows where planes are more exactly. Controllers and other planes can see this. In January, a helicopter crashed. It did not use ADS-B to show its place. Now, people are looking at this system because of the crash.

Duffy wants more air traffic controllers. He makes it faster to join the school. He helps students finish the school. The FAA gives extra money to controllers who stay at work.

It is hard to make the airplane system better. We must use the old system while we make the new one. Then we must change to the new one easily. So, they made small changes before.

This problem is old, for many years. It is hard to fix. We need money and good leaders. The FAA has not had enough money or good leaders for years.