Nobody is talking about the key issue: In the US they have been intentionally consolidating ATCs[0] for the last thirty years as a cost saving measure, and there is more consolidation yet to come.

I linked an article at [0] titled "House Subcommittee Challenges ATC Consolidation Efforts" and you're likely assuming that the House is trying to block consolidation, but the truth is exactly the opposite: in 2012 the FAA were trying to stop/slow the consolidation and the House were pushing it through, the "challenge" is that the FAA wasn't going fast enough!

Yet the mainstream media aren't discussing this at all...

It is very easy to blame a single disgruntled employee for all the disruption but consider how many other things could cause a single ATC location to go black (e.g. bombing, aircrash, natural distaster, accidental fire, extreme power surge, etc).

Yet the consolidations will no doubt continue, and instead of them looking at the root cause of this issue (that too much sky is controlled from a single location) they will blame the employee and move on like nothing happened.

This incident was far more serious than the recent White House break-in, but yet heads are rolling for the White House thing while absolutely nothing is being asked about this one!

[0]http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainsafety/2012-06-04/...