Barb-SAN
04-02-2010, 05:22 PM
Capt. Hutch, "NextGen" has been appearing in the news lately. Wondered if you had any comments?
One article concerns the recent close call between a UA 777 and a Cessna 182 at SFO, and how NextGen would have helped avoid this situation. http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/10374903/10839212/Avoiding_Close_Calls_in_the_Sky
There are also a couple articles in the WSJ about changes being made at SWA:
"A New Way to Fly and a Milestone for Modern Air-Traffic Control" http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2010/04/01/a-new-way-to-fly-and-a-milestone-for-modern-air-traffic-control/
and
"A Radical Cockpit Upgrade Southwest Fliers Will Feel"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303338304575155813404043090.html
Here's a link to the FAA...all we could ever want to know about NextGen: ;)
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nextgen/
One article concerns the recent close call between a UA 777 and a Cessna 182 at SFO, and how NextGen would have helped avoid this situation. http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/10374903/10839212/Avoiding_Close_Calls_in_the_Sky
There are also a couple articles in the WSJ about changes being made at SWA:
"A New Way to Fly and a Milestone for Modern Air-Traffic Control" http://blogs.wsj.com/middleseat/2010/04/01/a-new-way-to-fly-and-a-milestone-for-modern-air-traffic-control/
and
"A Radical Cockpit Upgrade Southwest Fliers Will Feel"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303338304575155813404043090.html
Here's a link to the FAA...all we could ever want to know about NextGen: ;)
http://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nextgen/