![]() In a continuous roll-out of improvements and upgrades, the FAA is building the capability to guide and track air traffic more precisely and efficiently to save fuel and reduce noise and pollution. NextGen is a comprehensive overhaul of our National Airspace System (NAS) to make air travel more convenient and dependable, while ensuring your flight is as safe and efficient as possible. We look forward to the NAC’s involvement in bringing all of the stakeholders together. One of the first actions we requested of this new committee is to form a working group to develop recommendations on outcome-based performance metrics for NextGen. We have also established the NextGen Advisory Committee (NAC), a broad-based, senior-level advisory panel to which we turn for expertise and guidance. ![]() ![]() While much of NextGen involves the air traffic control function, it also involves much more than that and needs the involvement and focus of every FAA office going forward. Together, we are setting the strategic direction for NextGen and continuing to raise NextGen’s profile within the FAA and within the aviation community. I’m very pleased that Vicki Cox is serving in this position. It also allows us to create an Assistant Administrator for NextGen. The reprogramming approval allows us to create a NextGen office that will report to me. This is a critical step in moving forward with the changes that will lay the foundation for our success as an agency in the next 15 years. Congress approved the reprogramming request we submitted this summer to change our reporting structure and implement other organizational changes. This means realigning some functions in order to better handle the enormous transformation to NextGen. We recognize that we need to change the FAA internally to best serve the future needs of our nation’s air transportation system. This is my first appearance before this Committee since starting at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and I am pleased to have the opportunity to get to know you all. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the benefits of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen. THE BENEFITS OF THE NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM,Ĭhairman Petri, Congressman Costello, Members of the Subcommittee: COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE,
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