DUATS and LockMart

In article gOCzg.10285$RD.1633@fed1read08,
"Jay Beckman" wrote:

Hey All...

I may have misinterpreted what I read, but did anyone else recently see any
mention of a possible plan to take DUATS out of the realm of competitive
bidding, give it soley to LockMart who would then remove it's status as an
"official" source of Wx info?


I haven't heard anything about it being removed as an official source of
weather info, but then again, I don't much care about my weather sources
being official. Even if LM took over DUATS, I don't know why the FAA
would remove it as an official source of weather information.



JKG

well.. first maybe LocMar should get their own version of the weather web
running before the gov't decides to stop funding DUATS
BT

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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In article gOCzg.10285$RD.1633@fed1read08,
"Jay Beckman" wrote:

Hey All...

I may have misinterpreted what I read, but did anyone else recently see
any
mention of a possible plan to take DUATS out of the realm of competitive
bidding, give it soley to LockMart who would then remove it's status as
an
"official" source of Wx info?


I haven't heard anything about it being removed as an official source of
weather info, but then again, I don't much care about my weather sources
being official. Even if LM took over DUATS, I don't know why the FAA
would remove it as an official source of weather information.



JKG

Couldn't care less about DUATS for weather, I just hope they don't make
us wait on hold to talk to a briefer to file IFR. Right now, a couple
clicks and it's done.

Either that, or they'll offer the online "service" for a "subscription
fee."



JKG


In article DyTzg.22837$6w.3734@fed1read11,
"BTIZ" wrote:

well.. first maybe LocMar should get their own version of the weather web
running before the gov't decides to stop funding DUATS
BT

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
...
In article gOCzg.10285$RD.1633@fed1read08,
"Jay Beckman" wrote:

Hey All...

I may have misinterpreted what I read, but did anyone else recently see
any
mention of a possible plan to take DUATS out of the realm of competitive
bidding, give it soley to LockMart who would then remove it's status as
an
"official" source of Wx info?


I haven't heard anything about it being removed as an official source of
weather info, but then again, I don't much care about my weather sources
being official. Even if LM took over DUATS, I don't know why the FAA
would remove it as an official source of weather information.



JKG

On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:22:07 -0400, Jonathan Goodish
wrote in
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Couldn't care less about DUATS for weather,

I find it to often contain information the FSS briefer doesn't brief.

I just hope they don't make us wait on hold to talk to a briefer to file IFR.
Right now, a couple clicks and it's done.

Ah. Therein may lie the motivation for ceding operation of DUATS to
Lockheed-Martin; because DUATS flight plans are not input into the
system by FSS employees, but computers, perhaps there is a financial
incentive issue at the root of the rumored consolidation of DUATS
operations.

Either that, or they'll offer the online "service" for a "subscription
fee."

I don't think the FAA has actually been granted the authority to
charge a fee for flight plans, yet.

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:
Either that, or they'll offer the online "service" for a "subscription
fee."

I don't think the FAA has actually been granted the authority to
charge a fee for flight plans, yet.

The FAA wouldn't have to, LM would do it.


JKG

On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:31:45 -0400, Jonathan Goodish
wrote in
:

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:
Either that, or they'll offer the online "service" for a "subscription
fee."

I don't think the FAA has actually been granted the authority to
charge a fee for flight plans, yet.

The FAA wouldn't have to, LM would do it.


Please cite the document authorizing the FAA to collect such a fee.

In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:
I don't think the FAA has actually been granted the authority to
charge a fee for flight plans, yet.

The FAA wouldn't have to, LM would do it.


Please cite the document authorizing the FAA to collect such a fee.


Lockheed-Martin is not the FAA.



JKG