"To put it in pilot terms, the FAA has launched on its
flight toward NextGen without checking the weather or programming
the flight plan in the GPS. We believe in the promise of the
technology and the benefits it could bring to GA pilots, but at
this point there is a degree of risk that those benefits may not
accrue."
Source: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
President Phil Boyer. On Thursday, the FAA awarded a $1.8 billion
contract to ITT Corporation, as the prime contractor for a vital
part of its proposed Next Generation Air Transportation System --
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B). Boyer says the
FAA rushed the ADS-B contract, without much consultation with the
industry; in fact, the notice of proposed rulemaking (NP
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