FAA to test CDA at Seatac
 

FAA to test out to see if that new-fangled thang Continuous Descent Approach will work.

"The FAA's co-lead on the project, Doug Marek, compares it to sliding down a banister instead of taking the stairs." :oh:

Sea-Tac airliner tests could yield quieter, more efficient landings | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times

and just when you think its "great", they add this...

"Federal law requires completion of a formal environmental assessment of the impact of the changed flight paths on people underneath. That will be done after the flight trials are completed."

So much for the afterglow...:eek:

(please let me know if this should be under Friday Jokes)

The rest of the world warmly welcomes the FAA into the 21st century.:D

I don't get it. American airlines have been doing this for some time now. What exactly are they testing?

hold on there OK, you might ask what the poster is referring to.

CDA or RNP.

Cmon now, you must not be in the US..
Atlanta is in the South, Seattle is in the North.

In the South, when you call ATC for CDA, its, "slide down the banister to runway 34L"
In the North, when you call ATC for CDA, its "use the smooth glide to RW 34L"

This was great, "Marek said once that's successfully done, the FAA will proclaim the new arrival routes and approaches usable"

See, this is how we do it here in the States, with royal pomp and circumcision, the FAA will proclaim a procedure usable for its subjects, for its LOYAL subjects.