tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post719951946806781032..comments2024-03-29T06:33:51.432-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : FAA: Dumb Rule, GuysComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-32231831044276472792015-04-21T22:36:37.447-04:002015-04-21T22:36:37.447-04:00When I was employed, I argued that advocating only...When I was employed, I argued that advocating only the GPS system for navigation was insane. I was told our "customers" wanted the GPS system because it was more accurate and cost effective. All those pesky ground stations didn't have to have maintenance done on them. "We" had to run the FAA more like a business. I asked about solar flares and electro-magnetic pulses; how would those affect the satellites? I was told I wasn't paid to think; go work traffic. <br /><br />I also argued that the pilots weren't our customers, they were users of the services the government provide them for safety purposes. Kind of like the police, military, EPA, HUD, etal. I was told to go work traffic. Seems to be a recurring theme when one points out the idiocy of their logic.<br /><br />I compare retirement from the FAA like banging one's head against a brick wall, it feels good when you stop.DTWNDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10874818524204797652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-73032107321436681392015-04-21T17:23:31.150-04:002015-04-21T17:23:31.150-04:00Then there is Glonass, the russian version, and th...Then there is Glonass, the russian version, and the french are putting up their own and likely the Chinese<br /><br />In the end you have to kill all of them as each was created in case the other guy turns his off.<br /><br />Personally I miss Loran-C.<br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-74346187745261165322015-04-21T17:05:33.637-04:002015-04-21T17:05:33.637-04:00My guess is that the military is planning to do GP...My guess is that the military is planning to do GPS redundancy with High Altitude Long Endurance UAVs. They're pretty close to ready for prime time, and even Google's planning to use them as satellite substitutes. A dozen of them could set up a temporary hardened GPS network - it wouldn't work in highly contested airspace, but the US doesn't fight wars in contested airspace, so that shouldn't be a problem...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-83899841188902714352015-04-21T16:56:36.919-04:002015-04-21T16:56:36.919-04:00As usual, they obviously didn't ask controller...As usual, they obviously didn't ask controllers about these. Just off the top of my head, the loss of the VOR approach into Mena, AR will cause problems because it is the only approach that's good to fly when the Hog MOA is in use overhead and ceilings are low.<br /><br />At Sulpher Springs, TX, the loss of the VOR approach will result in delays due to the size of the protected airspace on the RNAV procedures overlapping several adjacent approaches at other fields.<br /><br />At Perrin Field/North Texas Regional, TX, the removal of the VOR approach is stupid because it's the simplest approach to shoot when approaching from the south or east while avoiding DFW airspace. The RNAV approaches require vectors and coordination the VOR approach doesn't...oh, they they also block approaches into Durant, OK, something the VOR approach doesn't do.<br /><br />That's just off the top of my head and in three sectors in one Center.CenterPuke88https://www.blogger.com/profile/17770056621255249861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-85723467999717219022015-04-21T14:51:00.750-04:002015-04-21T14:51:00.750-04:00Weapons, schmeapons. If the GPS constellation goe...Weapons, schmeapons. If the GPS constellation goes down, you won't have boots and beans where you need them. Any country with a large population and some pitchforks could face off against us.Nangleatornoreply@blogger.com