Ron Lee wrote:
Bob Noel wrote:


In article xl0kf.62898$qw.59268@fed1read07, wrote:


The FAA, and the rest of the world as well, want to eventually shut-down
the VORs. The only remaining ground-based systems will be ILSes.

DME, and probably MLS, will be around for a while longer.


Don't count on it...elimination of all ground-based navaids. Even the
FAA has reconsidered this flawed from the beginning concept.

Ron Lee

Which FAA? ;-)

As the budget crunch deepens, and it will, the pressure to do away with
most ground facilities other than ILS will be irresistable.

One variation is to shut down the VORs but leave "geometrically
desirable" DME facilites going until the legacy air carrer LNAV
platforms retire. That would be a whole lot less expensive than
maintaining aging VOR facilities.

The bean counters want to do away with primary radars, too. But, so
far, the security-minded have stopped that planning.