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Blakey explains
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
... .... Hey, give her a break. She didn't enter the aviation industry until she became FAA administrator. ....and she left knowing as much real truth about the system as when she got there. -- Jim Carter Rogers, Arkansas |
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Blakey explains
Ron Lee wrote:
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote: Lack of runways, lack of proper runway configuration due to politics and revamping (again and again) of lighted-airway-days airports. If every major airport was like Denver, we would have a lot less problems. Obviously, that is an unobtainable ideal, but we could do a whole lot better than we are doing. And all of that, and more, was ascertained at US government expense almost six decades ago. So why all this Next Gen BS as a supposed end to flight delays? ADS-B Out will cost GA owners beaucoup and not benefit them and in my opinion will have little benefit to commercial ops. Ron Lee ADS-B saves the FAA money by shutting down expensive radar systems. It won't do a thing for congested airspace. But, it will provide good survellience in the mountain West and that will benefit a small percentage of users. The only real benefit is RNP, and true RNP with small numbers requires $$$$$ equipment. |
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Blakey explains
Sam Spade wrote:
So why all this Next Gen BS as a supposed end to flight delays? ADS-B Out will cost GA owners beaucoup and not benefit them and in my opinion will have little benefit to commercial ops. Ron Lee ADS-B saves the FAA money by shutting down expensive radar systems. It won't do a thing for congested airspace. But, it will provide good survellience in the mountain West and that will benefit a small percentage of users. The only real benefit is RNP, and true RNP with small numbers requires $$$$$ equipment. Maybe...maybe not. I don't think that primary radars will be shut down. Plus with current transponders being the backup strategy maybe even SSR radars will not be shut down. As far as the west where I am I did talk to the ADS office and they stated that ADS-B will only provide coverage where current radars exist so there is no current planned improved coverage. Can't comment on whether RNP will benefit but improved capacity in the sky is pointless if ground facilities are the limiting factor. See recent news reducing hourly ops at JFK to minimize delays. Ron Lee |
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Blakey explains
Ron Lee wrote:
Can't comment on whether RNP will benefit but improved capacity in the sky is pointless if ground facilities are the limiting factor. See recent news reducing hourly ops at JFK to minimize delays. Ron Lee The limiting factor in congested airspace are runways and properly spaced runways. RNP could do some deconflicting at an airport like JFK, but the airlines cannot afford to implement it. Perhaps after some of them go broke, the surviors cannot afford not to implement RNP. For today's benefit of RNP look at the lousy conventional IAPs at KBIH, then look at the RNAP SAAAR IAP to Runway 30. This does little, if anything for capacity, but it sure does improve access and safety. |
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