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Aviation weather : FAA and the National Weather Service are considering plans to consolidate weather services offices, but face significant challenges : testimony before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives / statement of David A. Powner.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Powner, David A.
- Series:
- Testimony ; GAO-09-887T.
- Testimony ; GAO-09-887T
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Aviation Administration.
- United States.
- United States. National Weather Service.
- Meteorological services--United States.
- Meteorological services.
- Meteorology in aeronautics--United States.
- Meteorology in aeronautics.
- Weather forecasting--United States--Equipment and supplies.
- Weather forecasting.
- Weather forecasting--Equipment and supplies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (27 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- FAA and the National Weather Service are considering plans to consolidate weather services offices, but face significant challenges
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]
- Summary:
- The National Weather Service's (NWS) weather products are a vital component of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control system. In addition to providing aviation weather products developed at its own facilities, NWS also provides staff onsite at each of FAA's en route centers-the facilities that control high-altitude flight outside the airport tower and terminal areas. Over the last few years, FAA and NWS have been exploring options for enhancing the efficiency of the aviation weather services provided at en route centers. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to summarize its draft report that (1) determines the status and plans of efforts to restructure the center weather service units, (2) evaluates efforts to establish a baseline of the current performance provided by these units, and (3) evaluates challenges to restructuring them. NWS and FAA are considering plans to restructure the way aviation weather services are provided at en route centers, but it is not yet clear whether and how these changes will be implemented.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed Jan. 7, 2010).
- "For release ... July 16, 2009."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 497218512
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