Originally Posted by
roger4
FAA policy is that ADSB is the future of ATC (in place of radar) and already uses ADSB data for the SASS project to monitor ground and near-field movements. SASS is already in use at a handful of US Airports - therefore I assume it is certified and approved.
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Thanks for your info, but ,no as far as I know it is not certified yet, just in the testing /evaluation phase ( never asume in ATC remember
) Anyway as its name says SASS is only for small airports , so not made for large airports like Austin , ASDE ( ground radar) is what is needed there. but is (far) more exoensive.
But it would not have made much difference in this incident since latest info seems to indicate training being the main issue . The LC issued a clearance for normal ops in a degraded Low visibility ops.situation., That should never had happenned in the first place, and SASS ,or ASDE may have helped the LC monitoring the delayed take off and ordering a go around earlier, yes, but we are on the third cheese layer already..