Originally Posted by
evansb
Most of the advanced economies of the world see air traffic control as a business.
That doesn´t mean it´s better, cheaper or more customer-oriented.
Our "business oriented" provider is not able to publish more than a few new RNP/RNAV/whatever-you-call-them approaches per year, let alone at a former VFR-only airfield. Instead we replace VORs, even build new ones, and try to develop complex and expensive 4-D-systems that can cope with approach airspaces that can already be operated at peak-runway capacity using paper strips only.
How´s the plan for NextGen regarding the TRACONs? Will they also get this new system?