Cerritos / Newark / New York / Philadelphia / Los Angeles / Cleveland / Miami / Chicago / /
Company
RTCA Inc. / JetBlue Airlines / Ford / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Funding / /
Facility
NGATS Institute / Indianapolis Center / /
IndustryTerm
air traffic equipment / proper technology / airline profession / onboard operator / traffic services / datalink communications / radar network / air traffic management / airline industry / satellite-based systems / e-library / data-link communications / airline management / airline employees / surveillance services / technology components / distant metal objects / energy / certain aircraft equipment / aviation services / nav systems / Traffic management / earlier technology / airline pilots / weather information services / technology changes / Airline managements / communications systems / airline dispatcher / installed equipment / transportation infrastructure project / system using space-based systems / consensus-based recommendations / /
NaturalFeature
Grand Canyon / Gulf of Mexico / Hudson Bay / /
Organization
Federal Aviation Administration / National Air Traffic Controllers Association / Federal Advisory Committee / ALPA / Eisenhower administration / FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center / Bureau of Commerce / Delegate Committee / Joint Development Program Office / Int’l / Indianapolis Center / NGATS Institute Management Council / Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization / NAC Subcommittee / Congress / FAA NextGen Advisory Committee / Houston Center / NextGen / BOD / ALPA Board of Directors Priority / Air Line Pilots Association / IMC Executive Committee / NGATS Institute / /
Person
R.E. Torn (Delta) / Lee Moak / Piper Archer / Keith Hagy / Chris Baum / Randy Babbitt / Ronald Reagan / ALPA ATS / J.V. Tighe / /
Position
Captain / line pilot / president / manager in the Department / supervisor / Ease Controller / director / president / Capt. / Administrator / pilot / controller / director of Engineering / /
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