Stephen Samuelian

Document ID: FAA-2011-1082-0004
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: December 22 2011, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Date Posted: January 26 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: January 26 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: March 7 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80fa5b73
View Document:

This is comment on Notice

Proposed Provision of Navigation Services: Next Generation Air Transportation System Transition to Performance-Based Navigation

View Comment

The implementation of NextGen is so far behind it's target that it shouldn't even be considered that we remove any VOR based navigation. The NDB network should be eliminated first, and the bandwidth for GPS needs to be secured with the FCC by any means necessary. The national system relying on GPS needs to be completely finished and proven before any ground based systems are removed. Even then, the FAA needs to consider low-altitude usage of VOR's not just the high altitude systems. I have a non-GPS equipped fleet, and have no intentions of upgrading until the Nextgen transition is finalized. It seems that every other day, the whole project is on the chopping block of the national budget.