RTCA report is a blueprint for NextGen
A tectonic shift in the rulemaking practice of the FAA occurred, almost unnoticed, on January 16 of this year.
A tectonic shift in the rulemaking practice of the FAA occurred, almost unnoticed, on January 16 of this year. Before that date, the agency would introduce and then implement equipage plans and procedures–TCAS, RVSM, TAWS, ADS-B were examples–that it felt were timely for the aviation community. Industry comments were always invited, but everyone knew that the basic plans and their introduction dates wouldn’t change much. There was a sort of “Father knows best” flavor to the process. And in fairness, in most cases, he did.
But in January, the FAA recognized that the old approach wouldn’t work for a project of the size, complexity and potentially massive cost to operators of NextGen, especially in these troubled financial times.
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