Originally Posted by Turbine26

Its is $$$ but so is a new 787. The 60's ATC technology is rapidly changing, facilities combining, STARS, digital comm instead of AM, VOR going away, ADS. WIll the FAA drag its feet, yeah, they always do and that agency is being forced to change big time or it will be gone also. No one thought we'd be having AF pilots flying UAV's from 12,000 miles away or pilot less a/c land on a aircraft carrier at night, just too difficult and too many variables, it simply would never happen. Change has never happened faster than what it is now.