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Contents
Letter
Results in Brief
Background
URET's Major Technical Challenge Is Making It Work With Other
Systems
While FAA's Phased Approach Is Appropriate, Adapting to the
Cultural Changes and Improving Communications Are Major
Operational Challenges
Preliminary Data Indicate That the Free Flight Tools Will Probably
Increase Capacity and Efficiency, Thereby Slowing the Growth
in Delays
Conclusions
Recommendations
Agency CommentsAppendix I Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 21
Appendix II Comments From the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration 23
Appendix III GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 25
Tables
Table 1: Phase 1 Deployment Dates for TMA, pFAST, and URET 7
Figures
Figure 1: Use of Free Flight's Tools to Help Manage Air Traffic 6
Figure 2: Relationships Among Demand, Capacity, and Delay 17GAO-01-932 FAA's Free Flight Program
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United States. General Accounting Office. National Airspace System: Free Flight Tools Show Promise, but Implementation Challenges Remain, report, August 31, 2001; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc292856/m1/2/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.