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Appendix C. Comparison of FAA 2005 and RTCA Users 2005 Operational
Concepts
The following matrix is an analysis of the main features of the two concept documents:
• An Evolutionary Operational Concept for Users of the National Airspace System
DRAFT v3.0 June23, 1997 prepared by the RTCA Select Committee on Free Flight.
• A Concept of Operations for the National Airspace System in 2005. Revision 1.3
June27, 1997. FAA.
The objective of the matrix is to focus on the attributes of the ATM System as described
for the year 2005 in those two documents. The matrix is a comparison of the two
different approaches to describing the functionality within the system. It identifies
similarities, differences, and gaps in the two descriptions.
An attempt was made to integrate this work with the European concept as produced by
Eurocontrol; European Air Traffic Management System Operational Concept Document
Issue 1.0 1 March 1997. This document is targeted at the year 2015 and is focused on the
process for identifying a Concept rather than on determining the functionality of the
system as it could exist. The comparison with the two previous documents was thus
abandoned due to this fundamental difference in the structure of the documents.
The two documents that are compared within this matrix have subsequently been revised.
This matrix is thus a statement of the situation as it existed in July 1997.
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