The FAA has issued an RFI that reveals both the scale of its modernisation ambitions and the magnitude of challenges ahead. Philip Mann analyses what it means. (globalairspaceradar.com) More...
Any increase in controller efficiency will result in the union killing the system in the name of public safety. Their view is more humans to control airplanes making the union stronger. They have done it to the last 5 proposed systems.
If they used the same standards for autopilot systems altitude hold would be the most advanced system on planes.
If they used the same standards for autopilot systems altitude hold would be the most advanced system on planes.