RAA Debate Bemoans Bureaucratic Stalling Over NextGen

The FAA is going to have to up its game and remove bureaucratic obstacles to progress if the airline industry is to enjoy the long-promised benefits of the NextGen air traffic management (ATM) program. This was the conclusion of Boeing Commercial Airplanes ATM vice president Neil Lanzer in today’s general session of the RAA Convention in Montreal. “NextGen has brought us hope but [so far] we are not anywhere near [achieving] a return on the investment,” he said.