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| March 23, 2009 |
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Continuing the charge of delivering the best-read, most relied upon information in the commercial airline industry, we bring you ATWOnline In-Depth. This Web-only exclusive examines a hot topic that deserves further analysis and reporting. As a subscriber to ATW Daily News, you receive your copy of ATWOnline In-Depth as soon as it is available each month! Focusing on 'NowGen': Has FAA lost sight of increasing air traffic efficiency in the near term? US Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) listened to various witnesses testify at a House of Representatives hearing last week on FAA's progress in transitioning to the NextGen satellite-based ATC system, and finally had enough. The 75-year-old congressman, a grandfather of four who takes pride in finding "common sense" solutions, heard representatives from FAA, airlines, general aviation and the National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. union all promote their points of view in the Transportation Committee hearing room and was noticeably irritated by the finger-pointing and back-and-forth over when/if NextGen will be achieved and who is responsible for making it happen. "The public doesn’t give two bits about ADS-B and who's right and who's wrong," he scolded the witnesses. When flying, "they just want to get there and get there efficiently." [MORE]
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