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HEINZ ERZBERGER coordination workload, which diminishes the described above, has been under study at NASA benefits of reducing sector size. Another Ames Research Center. Although the AAC approach to increasing airspace capacity is to makes fundamental changes in the roles and provide controllers with decision support tools. responsibilities of controllers, it also retains the Although such tools may offer small gains they ground system as the core of the air traffic fall far short of being able to double the control process. Moreover, its ground-based capacity. elements are compatible with and are Therefore, to achieve a large increase in complementary to the FAA’s planned capacity while also giving pilots increased modernization of the ground-system freedom to optimize their flight traj ectories infrastructure. requires a fundamental change in the way air The AAC can also be viewed as a platform traffic is controlled. The key to achieving a for transforming controller-dependent decision factor of 2 or more increase in airspace capacity support tools designed for the current is to automate separation monitoring and control operational paradigm into autonomous and to use an air-ground data link to send (controller-independent) control processes. trajectories and clearances directly betw