Next Generation: It's About People, Not Avionics

摘要

In today's world, Next Generation can have several meanings. We in the aviation community usually use it to describe the transformed U.S. National Airspace System that the FAA will roll out between now and 2025. In addition to improving safety, the technological advances of NextGen will facilitate more aircraft in the system. From my vantage point, fitting in more aircraft is nice, but who is going to fly, maintain, and manage these aircraft? The Next Generation priority that the helicopter industry needs to focus on is people, not avionics.