You can see some of the thinking on the FAA web site. Remember, these are
proposals for long term plans which are subject to change. It looks like the
plan is to shut down a lot of VOR's, but keep enough around so there is a
safety net (always within range of one VOR). Right now there are large parts
of the country where aircraft can simultaneous receive 3 or more VOR's at
the same time. By shutting down the "right" ones, the VOR system is cheaper
but still available for emergencies. If there were a sustained GPS outage
this would probably not help.

FAA's Transition Strategy for Navigation and Landing Services
http://www2.faa.gov/asd/briefings/05...tion-brief.ppt

Free Flight
http://www2.faa.gov/nasarchitecture/...DF/NAS_mod.pdf

Martin Van Ryswyk


"Richard Kaplan" wrote in message
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"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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Is anybody saying that we should?

Yes... a number of people posting on this thread have indicated that is
the
plan, at least the LONG-TERM plan.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

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