Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation A System in Peril (2003) / Chapter Skim
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1. Foundation for Change
1. Foundation for Change
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Consumer demand is closely linked to demand on the air traffic control system, as individual airlines adjust routes, schedules, levels of service, prices, etc., to both stimulate and satisfy consumer demand.
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Ultimately, however, improved performance (that results in lower costs) is necessary because prices that fall below the service providers' average total costs are economically unsustainable without external subsidies.
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For example, a significant shift of airspace use away from business travel to a broad mix of nonbusiness travel and cargo even as overall demand continued to increase would have significant impact on service providers and the air traffic control system. Missing such a trend could result in a misdirection of research.
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Business as usual, in the form of continued, evolutionary improvements to existing technologies, aircraft, air traffic control systems, and operational concepts, is unlikely to meet the challenge of greatly increased demand over the next 25 to 50 years. The importance of altering historical trends is particularly important to limit the environmental effects of aviation.
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Business as usual, in the form of continued, evolutionary improvements to existing technologies, aircraft, air traffic control systems, and operational concepts, is unlikely to meet the needs for air transportation that will emerge over the next 25 to 50 years. The likely result would be an air transportation system where growth in demand has been greatly curtailed by undercapacity in the air traffic management system; the environmental effects of aviation; customer dissatisfaction with available levels of comfort, convenience, and cost; and/ or factors related to safety and security.
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The assessments should also be focused on the overall performance of the air transportation system rather than on individual parameters or components of the system. For example, in the next 50 years it will probably become technologically feasible to replace pilots and/or air traffic controllers with automated systems, at least under nominal operating conditions.
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RTCA Free Flight Steering Committee.
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