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jay ([personal profile] jay) wrote2003-10-30 04:03 pm
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Controlling... aircraft

I've been working this afternoon on schedules and plans for a new air traffic control project -- the one with the pushy outside consultant (JL). It's part of a larger new program called "Transforming the National Airspace System (TNAS)". No one likes this acronym, and higher-ups want something different. The leading candidate: "Project Janus". They're thinking in terms of looking forward and backward. I keep thinking of the local leather support group that goes by the same name, and have to keep stifling giggles in meetings...
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[identity profile] ag-unicorn.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it is about control, now, isn't it? *weg*

[identity profile] hopeforyou.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It's pretty bad using either name. "TNAS" could be plural for "TNA" or "Tits and Ass". Janus has its own issues. I recommend TMHC, if you can figure out how to apply "The Mile High Club". =P

[identity profile] patgreene.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It's good the drilling projects weren't named this -- you guys had a hard enough time keeping straight faces with all the talk of "dry-drilling".

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. Amusing, but even higher management would figure out that one...

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
(nods sagely) without lubrication... try saying that in a meeting with a straight face. Let alone discussing shafts, or sizes...

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Believe me, it's an adventure dealing with that community... controllers, retired controllers, pilots, airlines, they all want to be in control. And not subject to anyone else's control. Every new technology is assessed by every party not in terms of productivity as much as in terms of how [new tool] changes the existing balance of power.

Arguably, this lack of cooperation is a primary cause of the US air traffic system lagging the rest of the Western world... they're still using Univac 8100s with analog sweep displays for terminal area control, for instance. 1970s technologies...

[identity profile] sinboy.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Transforming the National Airspace System"? booooring.

How about : New Inteligent Concepts for Exploring Aerospace Systems Strategy

NICE ASS.

[identity profile] who-is-she.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL
LOL
LOL
oh my gawd, what a challenging job you have!

[identity profile] ag-unicorn.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Not terribly unusual for any group of N > 2 people.

Sometimes not rare for a group of N = 2 people. *weg*

Arguably, this lack of cooperation is a primary cause of the US air traffic system lagging the rest of the Western world... they're still using Univac 8100s with analog sweep displays for terminal area control, for instance. 1970s technologies...

And here I thought it was because it was "mission-critical" technology that had to be functioning 24/7, without major glitches...and anything else would be Micro$haft-based. *weg*

[identity profile] sonicsuperslide.livejournal.com 2003-10-30 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
i always love your posts..your the smart one on my list AND.....the go-go's- yes or no......great song!
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