You've hit it on the nose. NONE of them are interested in anything but social issues. LORAN will not get any of them re-elected, and that's all any of 'em care about. Don
J. Forster > 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. > -- Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL Six Mile Systems LLP 17850 Six Mile Road POB 134 Huson, MT, 59846 VOX 406-626-4304 www.lightningforensics.com www.sixmilesystems.com _______________________________________________ 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.
