Air traffic control : stakeholders' perspectives and options for reform / Cristina Garner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garner, Cristina, editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Aviation Administration.

United States.

Air traffic control--Government policy--United States.

Air traffic control.

Air traffic control--Technological innovations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) provides air traffic control (ATC) services within U.S. and certain international airspace. U.S. airspace is the most expansive in the world, covering roughly 30.2 million square miles that make up more than more than 17 percent of the world's airspace.3 Within that airspace, FAA air traffic controllers handle roughly 50,000 operations daily.4 As the demands on the air traffic system have changed over time, Congress and several presidential administrations have sought reforms to improve safety and efficiency and to accelerate modernization projects. Over the past two decades, U.S. aviation stakeholders have debated whether the FAA should be the entity in the United States that operates and modernizes the ATC system. During this period, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on challenges FAA has faced in operating and modernizing the ATC system. FAA reorganized several times in attempts to improve its performance and implement an initiative to modernize the ATC system, known as NextGen. Recent budgetary pressures have rekindled industry debate about FAA's efficiency in operating and modernizing the ATC system. This book provides perspectives from a wide range of stakeholders on the performance of the ATC system and the NextGen modernization initiative and any challenges FAA may face in managing these activities and potential changes that could improve the performance of the ATC system, including the NextGen modernization initiative.

Contents:

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL: STAKEHOLDERS' PERSPECTIVES AND OPTIONS FOR REFORM; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL: STAKEHOLDERS' PERSPECTIVES AND OPTIONS FOR REFORM; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM: SELECTED STAKEHOLDERS'PERSPECTIVES ON OPERATIONS,MODERNIZATION, AND STRUCTURE; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS WERE GENERALLY POSITIVE REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CURRENT ATC SYSTEM BUT CITED CHALLENGES TO TRANSITIONING TO A MODERNIZED SYSTEM

INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS SUGGESTED CHANGES THAT COULD IMPROVE ATC SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND MODERNIZATION AND IDENTIFIED ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED IF ATC OPERATIONS WERE SEPARATED FROM FAAAGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: LIST OF THE 76 AVIATION INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS GAO INTERVIEWED APPENDIX III: RESPONSES TO GAO'S CLOSED-ENDED QUESTION ON SAFETY Category Subcategory Stakeholder; APPENDIX III. RESPONSES TO GAO'S CLOSED-ENDED QUESTION ON SAFETY

APPENDIX IV: LIST OF CHALLENGES FAA FACES IN IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTING NEXTGEN, AS RAISED BY THE 76 AVIATION INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS GAO INTERVIEWEDAPPENDIX V: LIST OF CHANGES TO FAA TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SYSTEM OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEXTGEN, OR BOTH, AS CITED BY THE 76 AVIATION INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS GAO INTERVIEWED; Chapter 2 SUMMARY OF SUBJECT MATTER FOR THE HEARING ON ''OPTIONS FOR FAAAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REFORM''; SUMMARY OF SUBJECT MATTER; BACKGROUND; HISTORY OF FAA AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MODERNIZATIONNEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (NEXTGEN); OVERVIEW OF FOREIGN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REFORM EFFORTS; APPENDIX A; Chapter 3: STATEMENT OF MATTHEW E. HAMPTON, ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AVIATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. HEARING ON ''OPTIONS FOR FAAAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REFORM''; IN SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; FOREIGN NATIONS' AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HAVE COMMON OPERATIONAL AND FINANCING CHARACTERISTICS; MODERNIZATION EFFORTS IN OTHER COUNTRIES ARE SMALLER IN SIZE, AND THE COUNTRIES USE DIFFERENT METHODS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NEW TECHNOLOGIES

ADDITIONAL FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN EXAMINING POSSIBLE CHANGES TO FAA'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURECONCLUSION; ATTACHMENT 1. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING FOREIGN AIR NAVINGATION SERVICE PROVIDERS (ANSP); Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF ROBERT W. POOLE, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY, REASON FOUNDATION. HEARING ON ''OPTIONS FOR FAAAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REFORM''; MY CREDENTIALS ON TODAY'S TOPIC; Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF PAUL RINALDI, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION. HEARING ON ''OPTIONS FOR FAAAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REFORM''; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION

Chapter 6: STATEMENT OF DOUGLAS PARKER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO,AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC. HEARING ON ''OPTIONS FOR FAAAIR TRAFFIC CONTROL REFORM''

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63483-231-0