Aviation Safety: Oversight of FAA Safety Initiatives.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt Thursday testified before the Senate aviation subcommittee.
The hearing focused largely on Colgan Flight 3407 and flight fatigue.
Senate Commerce Committee Chair John Rockefeller pushed for NextGen.
NextGen is an umbrella term for the transformation of the United States’ national airspace system (NAS). NextGen represents an evolution from a ground-based system of air traffic control to a satellite-based system of air traffic management.