tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post5546271236681774313..comments2023-12-09T00:49:20.257-05:00Comments on WWVB : What Would Vannevar Blog?: NextGen ATC vs China, Al Queda, and Vinny and the Housewives of New JerseyVannevarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-73221745251128738382012-03-17T11:51:47.444-04:002012-03-17T11:51:47.444-04:00Hello Ken - related post here: http://vannevar.blo...Hello Ken - related post here: http://vannevar.blogspot.com/2012/03/terminal-leave-american-aerotropolis.html<br />thanks for the comments!Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-37089098831780411672012-03-13T15:44:12.996-04:002012-03-13T15:44:12.996-04:00Here's another viewpoint, arguing for the re-r...Here's another viewpoint, arguing for the re-regulation of the airline industry: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/march_april_2012/features/terminal_sickness035756.php?page=5.<br /><br />PIT gets a mention, and not in a good way. Here's a typical pull-quote: "But Pittsburgh’s renewal as a vibrant, creative, international city is now in doubt, due to the downscaling of its international airport, which now stands largely empty."Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18038421780434688823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-59614547908340509612012-03-13T10:57:55.497-04:002012-03-13T10:57:55.497-04:00I feel all next-gen is going to do is get aircraft...I feel all next-gen is going to do is get aircraft to the delay point (airports) faster.<br />Until more landing and take-off options are made nothing is going to change delays in aviation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-90266276449020224372012-03-06T14:02:12.394-05:002012-03-06T14:02:12.394-05:00Lockheed-Martin is so far behind on just the ERAM ...Lockheed-Martin is so far behind on just the ERAM program, it's pathetic.<br /><br />LRod and "Anonymous", you're spot on. Capacity comes from runways, not this "new" technology.<br /><br />If they'd leave air traffic control to the professionals, the system would improve that much more.<br /><br />ML, ret.Left blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14013563298772282984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-31742820466487304752012-03-05T18:56:55.994-05:002012-03-05T18:56:55.994-05:00Nextgen's main purpose is making the major gov...Nextgen's main purpose is making the major government contractors more money. The government purchases new expensive equipment and the aircraft users purchase new equipment to utilize the government's new toys. There is currently no nexgen solution to the lack of runways. Without more runways, it's the equivalent of building a fancy 8 lane highway and having the same old one lane off ramps. the traffic jams will be the same. having airplanes broadcast there location via GPS to ground based receivers instead of having radar locate them in places like New York city will do nothing to alleviate congestion or delays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141070.post-57696502602914932692012-03-03T16:49:23.504-05:002012-03-03T16:49:23.504-05:00It drives me nuts every time someone trying to sel...It drives me nuts every time someone trying to sell NextGen makes an argument for it saying that it replaces a "system based on WWII technology". Yeah, that would be radar! Let's see if we can chalk up all the different ways that outdated technology is still in use and will be for the foreseeable future: ATC, Air Defense Command (I'm guessing our would be attackers won't be using NextGen), cops, Air Combat Maneuvers (not the maneuvers, but the detecting of and guiding missiles to bad guys), future cruise control options for autos (if we have any oil left), meteorology!.<br /><br />While we can date the invention of radar to WWII, systems in use today ain't your daddy's radar. I remember when we started adding the digitized (narrowband) radar into the system while still using the broadband system. WWII foundation, but boy, was the technology ever different—phone lines vs. microwaves, overlay of CGI vs. shrimp boats, and so on. Saying the legacy system is based on WWII technology is like saying your new McMansion was built using stone age technology (wooden partitions and other structure). It was, but it ain't your great, great, great, great, granddaddy's cave.<br /><br />LRod<br />ZJX, ORD, ZAU retiredLRodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181295131853124169noreply@blogger.com