Larry Dighera writes:

On Sun, 03 May 2015 17:26:04 -0700, Bug Dout wrote:

The cost-saving incentive of NextGen ATC is flawed, aircraft position will
become dependent on what the aircraft reports rather than empirical evidence of
its position, ATC will be wrest from government control, and in-flight safety
will be reduced, but that's okay, because Boeing will make a butt-load of cash
in user-fees. :-(

The big problem with current primary radar and Mode C transponders, as I
understand, is they're accurate to only within a mile. Not good enough
to squeeze anticipated future traffic into the same airspace. ADSB is
not designed to save money over the current Primary+Mode C system. It's
designed to prevent anticipated future congestion.

I think you're too pessimistic. The FAA is somewhat incompetent for
sure, but there's no conspiracy or Machivellian scheme for GA user
fees, grabbing control or giving up all control, etc.
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