Air Traffic Control: FAA Should Define the Optimal Advanced Automation System Alternative : Report to Congressional Requesters |
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Page 11 - We recommend that the Secretary of Transportation direct the FAA Administrator to: Assess and resolve promptly the identified critical communication Issues.
Page 23 - The other consolidation alternative was developed to alleviate some of the disadvantages of full consolidation, which are discussed later. This alternative would still consolidate most terminal control facilities at 22 centers, but would consolidate large terminal control facilities at 19 other locations. Thus, the terminal control facilities would be consolidated into 41 centers. This less concentrated consolidation alternative was estimated to cost $4.3 billion, provide $7.3 billion in total benefits,...
Page 7 - ... collected. For example, data were collected only during regular business hours even though the air traffic control system is a 24hour operation. NO determination was made to ensure that limiting collection time in this way did not bias the results. The method used to analyze the survey data was also biased and thus overstates the current system's inefficiency and may overstate the benefits AAS can provide. This occurred because the data collected included all categories of short fuel-inefficient...
Page 3 - AAS to replace aging air traffic control computer systems with new hardware, software, and controller workstations...
Page 20 - AAS requirements. To illustrate, FAA required the contractors to show that models of local communications network components could meet FAA'S required response time under the maximum predicted work load. For software, the contractors were required to develop a high-level design for the workstation software using the Ada programming language.
Page 18 - FAA'S mission is to promote the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in the US airspace system, commonly referred to as the National Airspace System (NAS).
Page 5 - The alternative we evaluated replaces terminal equipment with modern computers and new workstations. It does not include electronically displayed flight plan information at terminal control facilities — relying instead on the current practice of using paper flight strips.
Page 18 - ... terminal control facilities with alternatives that do not consolidate these facilities. Regarding the facility closures, FAA plans to close terminal control facilities beginning in 1995. Examples of consolidation include...
Page 23 - This alternative costs more primarily because additional building, power system, and communication link costs are required for consolidation at additional locations. The two other alternatives would not consolidate any terminal facilities. The first of the two alternatives would simply replace existing equipment with modern equipment without providing any enhanced capability. It was estimated to have a net benefit of $140 million. The second alternative replaced the equipment and provided some enhanced...
Page 23 - This alternative replaces terminal control facility equipment with modern computers and new workstations. It does not include electronically displayed flight plan information at terminal control facilities — relying instead on the current practice of using paper flight strips.