【仪表工程】SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PLANS.pdfVIP

In the next ten years, exciting new technologies will be implemented to help ease air traffic congestion, add to system capacity, and enhance safety. Some of these changes will be invisible to pilots and will be made seamlessly. Others will entail changing some old habits and learning new procedures. New aircraft equipment will bring powerful new capabilities, but will require training and practice to master. FLEET IMPROVEMENT Airlines and other operators will continue trying to find more efficient ways to use the National Airspace System Figure 6-1. Regional Jets. (NAS). More and more users are working with federal This ability is especially valuable at major hubs, where the agencies to write new policies and develop exchanges of number of flight operations exceeds capacity at certain real-time flight information, all in the interest of improv- times of day. On the other hand, some of these airplanes ing their service as well as their bottom lines. As new have a double-deck configuration that might require business strategies emerge, there also will be changes in extensive changes to terminals so that large numbers of the aircraft fleet. For example, as regional jets continue to passengers can board and deplane quickly and safely. increase in popularity, they have significant potential to Their size may require increased separation of taxiways reduce traffic at major airports as well as on the most and hold lines from runways due to increased wingspans crowded airways. Providing service along underused area and tail heights. Their weight also may require stronger navigation (RNAV) routes directly between smaller city runways and taxiways, as well as increased separation pairs, they can bypass congested hubs and avoid airborne