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SOCAL to get satellite ATC system. LA Times
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:45 am
by Dean33
New satellite-based air traffic control system ready for takeoff in the crowded skies of Southern California - Los Angeles Times
https://apple.news/AFvLrJiWnR_ObP3HN3_q7mA
Is this the next Pilotedge expansion?
Re: SOCAL to get satellite ATC system. LA Times
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:46 am
by Marcus Becker
Dean33 wrote:Is this the next Pilotedge expansion?
Same airspace, just a reconfiguration. Will it affect PE operations? I would plan on it to a certain extent. You're going to find more GPS/RNAV procedures becoming the standard. Expect to see new ways to get into and out of SoCal. The TEC route system should be largely the same. So depending on what type of flying you typically do, you may or may not notice anything.
Re: SOCAL to get satellite ATC system. LA Times
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 8:57 am
by rtataryn
"In Southern California, the new system includes 99 new departure, arrival and approach procedures . . . "
Just a little added material for the controllers to memorize.
Re: SOCAL to get satellite ATC system. LA Times
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:45 am
by NameCoin
This is a little bit unrelated, but I really hate when mainstream media reports on aviation - or any technically-oriented topic for that matter. It makes you wonder what other stuff they get completely wrong. The article makes it seem like there's some kind of orbital monitoring and control of aircraft. In reality, this is just GPS + WAAS coupled with ADS-B out. They could have probably reduced the size of the article to about one-tenth by simply saying "GPS navigation" up front.
Something else to note is that the FAA wants to slowly reduce the VOR / NDB coverage to a skeleton network, and it is slowly reducing the number of non-precision approaches based on them. The system will become heavily reliant on GPS in the near future. I'm personally looking forward to it.
An official notice of action, including a proposed list of procedures to be decommissioned:
https://www.federalregister.gov/article ... procedures