Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
Negative transfer USMC. I wasn't saying anything about your job or its relevance. You seem to be bringing up feelings about the government shutdown. And I stand by my thoughts on that. But that is another thread.
I agree, the NAVAIDs need testing. My post(s) is more about with the increasing RNAV approaches, if you saw a time in the near future when VORs and NDBs will be decommissioned.
Likewise, the question about why you have to monitor an underlying NAVAID when using RNAV, but during an RNP there isn't any NAVAIDs.
That is all. Simmer down man.
No - I think we both shared our feelings of the gov't shutdown in the previous threads.
If you are saying that I read to much into YOUR felings about NAVAID certification, then that is possible. We all know how hard it is to distiguish intent over the internet sometimes, but your quote of "Oh yeah, those VORs need testing.", I took that as you saying that it wasn't very important that that piece of *old* technology needed to be tested/certified or that it was worth the effort - especially in light of your follow on statements/questions about what is the use of them in the light of NEW NAS technologies.
I've written about the the future of the NAS as it is revelvant to our operations in other posts, but as I said above - oarts of the OLD NAS will be along for as long as I am in this job I'd be willing to wager. You can google MON (Minimum Operational Network) and read a little something about it if you are interested. I'll link just one of the many studies/papers out there on it:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...ll/VOR_MON.pdf
NDBs? Decommissioning them as we speak and others are being powered down to increase th life of the station/facility.
ILSs? Around for a long time to come. Procedures is putting out aroud 500 new RNAV procedures per year - and these are just the approaches I think - not even those new RNAV SIDs/STARs or DME/DME procedures. ADS-B is taking up most of the Lear60 fleets time right now because they are the only airframe with the equipment mods.
Now - back to digital NOTAMs and our desire to see more of this technology - no matter how many airports you may see in a single day whether you fly ETOPS/International/Atlantic/Pacific or a flight between KOKC and KICT.
