The military should be allowed to come to the aid of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in times of concerning situations such as the air traffic system glitch last January 1, 2023 that temporarily halted flights and stranded thousands of passengers, the country's top security adviser said.
“Sinabi ko na rin ito kay secretary Faustino noon na isipin natin 'yan push natin yan from even in national security perspective na pag na-compromise ang civil aviation gusto ko mag-kick in ang military,” she added.“I would like the Senate to please pay particular attention for this national security concern, napaka-serious po nito hindi lang sa commerce natin, sa trade, napaka-serious sa human lives,” she said.
"Bakit siya national security threat kasi meron siyang karugtong sa employment, meron siyang karugtong sa confidence ng tao hindi lang employment, investment kahit ikaw local investor foreign investor magdadalawang isip ka. Mag-invest ba ako dito na nagpaparalyze itong civil aviation,” she added. "We already started that as early as last week immediately a day after it happened however because its after the fact so that’s why it's taking sometime its forensic investigation already,” she said.
The question: How many foreign country overflights weren't monitored during that 7 to 8 hours outage caused by the glitch?