Does anybody know who in Congress might take the lead in reversing the decision? None of the reps in this state are at all likely to give a damn. Their interest is apparently only in social issues.
-John ===================== > AOPA is pushing congress to repristinate funding for LORAN. General > aviation is probably the heaviest user on this Nav system. The > aviation user community would love to see Nav systems with integrated > LORAN and GPS capabilty, but the industry has done little in this > area, due to lack of government commitment to LORAN. The FAA knows the > GPS can be easily jammed, but has done nothing do push LORAN as the > GPS backup system. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 14, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Christopher Hoover <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> David I. Emery wrote: >>> I have emailed my brother in law who is a rear admiral (I think >>> now called a vice admiral) and currently CFO of the USCG (and as a >>> note >>> re your alma mater a MIT Sloan grad) and rather loudly said so >>> myself. He most likely was part of the group that made the >>> decision... I intend >>> to ask him why they did it when I next see him. >> >> David, >> >> I see three possibilities: a) modernization (E-LORAN), b) maintain >> existing service and capabilities, c) shut it down. >> >> It would be helpful to know if USCG supports the plan to shut the >> system down. >> If USCG does not, those of us who are US citizens can lobby Congress >> to restore funding for the service. There's an educational piece >> here to do. >> >> >> -ch >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
