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Although high-tech innovations will play an increasingly larger role in air traffic management (ATM), air traffic controllers will retain a central position of operational authority; as a result, new methods will be required to ensure safe, effective interactions between humans and technology, the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says.