Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!gvlf3.gvl.unisys.com!faatcrl!rgalek
From: rgalek@faatcrl.UUCP (rgalek)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: air traffic control?
Message-ID: <1397@faatcrl.UUCP>
Date: 30 May 91 12:16:42 GMT
References: <9105241440.AA25083@fis1.shearson.com> <JPC.91May27120816@terra.fct.unl.pt> <299@trwacs.UUCP>
Organization: FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ
Lines: 15

erwin@trwacs.UUCP (Harry Erwin) writes:

>These concerns are real. Air Traffic Control has to be man-rated,
>or at least it has to avoid degrading safety. I work in this area,
>and X performance (as well as reliability) is not yet up to the
>requirement.

>   Harry Erwin
>   erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com

Would you care to be more specific about the exact ATC requirements the X 
performance and reliability are not up to? Also, does the present NAS system
then meet these requirements in your opinion?

						Richard Aleksandr