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Looking at more of the presentations, we see that this not "How the National Airspace System Works". Rather it is the plan for a next generation system that the FAA hopes to implement.

If you have an interest in this you can see how things are intended to change. A lot of it looks like intended automation of work presently done by controllers. It appears there could be some challenges. For example, weather affects the flow, and what happens when you miss your pushback time?