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4 Effective Communication Between the FAA and Congress
Pages 23-26

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... Since the FAA began initiating upgrades to the National Airspace System over a decade ago, there have been substantial changes in the underlying conditions that initially justified NextGen. The overcrowding of the airspace that resulted in air travel gridlock in the previous decade has significantly decreased, and safety concerns have been alleviated with a continuous statistical improvement in U.S.
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From page 24...
... A good recent example of a relevant FAA initiative is the Navigation Procedures Initial Implementation Plan (NAV Lean) program.3 This targeted and pragmatic initiative by FAA leadership has thoroughly reviewed its certification processes and identified useful steps to streamline and improve its ongoing evolution.
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From page 25...
... The FAA is not and cannot be a command and control authority driving the aligned investments required by a broad and diverse industry with corporations that have their own business cases to evaluate and pursue. The committee believes that FAA's future responses to Congress should not be narrowly constructed, onetime communications that lack context.
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