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Comment by Brolair International on February 2, 2012 at 9:28pm

Legislation nearing completion in the US Congress will require the US Federal Aviation Administration to initiate a rulemaking within one year to mandate aircraft flying in "capacity constrained airspace" or at "capacity constrained airports" to equip with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) "in" surveillance systems by 2020.  (via Flightglobal)

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-congress-seeks-to-mand...

Comment by Brolair International on January 19, 2012 at 5:07am

Data Comm Will Fundamentally Change ATC - Aviation Week

Almost since the beginning of air traffic control in the U.S., the interaction between pilots and controllers has been based on talking via radio. But voice communication, like radar, is about to be overtaken by new technology.

http://bit.ly/xycMxR

Comment by Brolair International on December 22, 2011 at 11:18pm

@ Thomas. Thanks for joining Air Traffic Management. Look forward to your comments. Have a safe and happy holiday.

Comment by Brolair International on December 21, 2011 at 6:36pm

@ Tony. Thanks you for joining Air Traffic Management.  Great to have you in the group!

Comment by Brolair International on December 20, 2011 at 3:39am

NextGen Briefing. This has been around awhile but is still relevant.  It would be funny if it wasn't so true.

Comment by Brolair International on December 19, 2011 at 10:35pm

@ Karlene. Thanks for joining the Air Traffic Management Group. I am sure you will have a lot to add.  Look forward to your comments and discussions.

Comment by Brolair International on December 17, 2011 at 2:29pm

@ An, @ Andy. Welcome to the Air Traffic Management group. Feel free to comment or start a discussion.

Comment by Brolair International on December 16, 2011 at 4:40pm

The flight plan changes will probably not have a huge impact on the average pilot except for learning the meanings and formats of the new data items.  However the impact on the people and systems that generate and process flight plans is likely to be significant.  Note: I would expet the USA will retain the current domestic flight plan for the average user there. 

Comment by Brolair International on December 16, 2011 at 2:24pm

Thanks to everyone who has joined the Air Traffic Management group. 

I am new here and still working out how everything works.  I'll try to start a discussion soon, but in the mean time, feel free to kick it off.

I look forward to the conversation and hope you all have a happy holiday season.

Bob Brown