RAA 2007: RAA’s message to FAA: clean up your notams
RAA technical affairs vice president Dave Lotterer doesn’t object to the use of so-called electronic flight bags for navigating runways and taxiways.
RAA technical affairs vice president Dave Lotterer doesn’t object to the use of so-called electronic flight bags for navigating runways and taxiways. He just doesn’t want to see them advocated at the expense of the important work that needs doing on what he considers the cumbersome but necessary system of notams already in place.
“The FAA is quite gung ho on going forward with electronic flight bags and GPS marking for moving maps to help pilots avoid runway incursions and so forth,” said Lotterer. “I guess our message is, ‘Now wait a second, before you rush headlong into all this high-tech stuff, you’ve got a lot to do in terms of cleaning up your notam and charting processes.’”
