Regulations and Government
FAA initiates overhaul of current notam system
There is general agreement that the FAA’s Notice to Airmen (notam) system is a conduit for often confusing information of marginal value and hopelessly wed

There is general agreement that the FAA’s Notice to Airmen (notam) system is a conduit for often confusing information of marginal value and hopelessly wedded to outdated technology. Funding to fix problems with the notam system, however, recently came through for the FAA’s notam office and changes are already under way. The FAA recently took over the notam function from the former FAA Flight Service Stations, which are now run by contractor Lockheed Martin.

The first phase of the changes to the notam system will force some standardization onto the writing of notams and  consolidate all the different civil notam databases into one. This should happen by January 28.