tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post3463094585189611901..comments2024-03-29T09:47:04.022-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Short-Sighted Governmental Stupidity; FAA EditionComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-75348459406336376632012-01-28T19:17:51.603-05:002012-01-28T19:17:51.603-05:00I swear, they aren't even bothering to pretend...<i>I swear, they aren't even bothering to pretend that this NexGen stuff is anything other than a blatant looting raid on taxpayer money.</i><br /><br />You done broke the code, BadTux.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-48628833180333290052012-01-28T19:02:08.422-05:002012-01-28T19:02:08.422-05:00What is 2020?
2020 is a portfolio of contracts wit...<i>What is 2020?<br />2020 is a portfolio of contracts with a ceiling of approximately $7.3 billion; the largest procurement in the FAA's history. SE-2020 is designed to be the primary vehicle to help meet the business needs of NextGen and other key initiatives. </i><br /><br />Note that they don't tell you shit about what 2020 is supposed to do, the FAA web site just goes on to list who got a piece of that money, not what they're supposed to actually deliver in exchange for the dough. I swear, they aren't even bothering to pretend that this NexGen stuff is anything other than a blatant looting raid on taxpayer money.<br /><br />- Badtux the "WTF?!" PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-45216546598842023162012-01-27T13:48:35.641-05:002012-01-27T13:48:35.641-05:00Right about the time I retired the FAA was prepari...Right about the time I retired the FAA was preparing to implement what we in NATCA were calling the stupidest policy ever imagined. It is called "Fix on Fail" and it was going to save all kinds of Money spent wastefully on PMI's (periodic maintenance inspections) and instead just wait for things to break and then fix them. Kind if like not changing the oil in your car to save money. What could go wrong? Remember, the former head of the FAA, (Marion Blakey) responsible for letting the contracts on next-gen, now works for the same companies. Sweet deal.OldRetiredDudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352066065043323477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-76043977623212779692012-01-27T10:50:56.957-05:002012-01-27T10:50:56.957-05:00Vannevar, we need to get the word out.Vannevar, we need to get the word out.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-23941619664951876902012-01-27T10:25:49.780-05:002012-01-27T10:25:49.780-05:00It's incredibly negligent. They've decided...It's incredibly negligent. They've decided (regardless of the positioning of this <i>proposal</i>) to do away with the existing system, without any firm plan for the Next system.<br /><br />They're not maintaining the roofs or the buildings at navaid sites, and so the desired future state becomes cost effective through intentional neglect.<br /><br />The truth is, you can't cost-justify the NextGen gizmos without junking the entire present infrastructure.<br /><br />It's insane.Vannevarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513110035186346571noreply@blogger.com