Overhauling FSS

摘要

The FAA is turning over its Flight Service Station network to a private company. What's the plan, and how will this impact safety ? The formal announcement in what has the potential to be one of the most significant changes in the FAA's operation was made February 1, 2005. On that date, the agency said it had selected corporate giant Lockheed Martin as the winner of a competition to operate and manage the FAA's network of 58 Automated Flight Service Stations (AFSS) in the contiguous U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Alaska-based facilities will remain under FAA operation, at least for now.