Raydon
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I'm sitting here at work at my winery with NOTHING to do.. so I decided to start looking into our future of ATC technologies and how our world is about to be rocked by the proposed GPS-based ATC systems.
popular mechanics has a great article out right now outlining the general concepts and analysis of these systems and their implimentation.
Just thought I'd post it here for everyone to use as reference if you want to buff up your knowledge base ahead of time.
here's a link to the Pop Mech article.
one thought of caution for us.. it's time to square up those pegs.. FAA HR is probably going to slim down once the systems get fully integrated.
"This procedure is known as self-separation, because it transfers to pilots some of the responsibility for deciding how close they can safely fly to other aircraft — a task now handled by air traffic controllers. As one retired controller says, "They won't have to ask, ‘Mother, may I?' as often." "
Here's another good example of how it may effect things in the future...
you know the gauntlet on the east coast? the creme de la creme of the ATC world.. big traffic, big pay?
more info from the FAA as well.
popular mechanics has a great article out right now outlining the general concepts and analysis of these systems and their implimentation.
Just thought I'd post it here for everyone to use as reference if you want to buff up your knowledge base ahead of time.
here's a link to the Pop Mech article.
one thought of caution for us.. it's time to square up those pegs.. FAA HR is probably going to slim down once the systems get fully integrated.
"This procedure is known as self-separation, because it transfers to pilots some of the responsibility for deciding how close they can safely fly to other aircraft — a task now handled by air traffic controllers. As one retired controller says, "They won't have to ask, ‘Mother, may I?' as often." "
Here's another good example of how it may effect things in the future...
you know the gauntlet on the east coast? the creme de la creme of the ATC world.. big traffic, big pay?
more info from the FAA as well.