Aviation Safety: FAA's Assessment of Pre-flight Service Technology
Options (Briefing Report, 06/20/94, GAO/AIMD-94-137BR).

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides weather information
and flight plan filing services to pilots at no direct cost. FAA
provides these services through direct contact with FAA staff, either in
person or via a toll free number, and the Direct User Access Terminal
System (DUATS), an automated system that pilots can access via personal
computers. DUATS allows pilots to file their flight plan electronically
and receive weather briefings on screen and in hard copy. As part of its
budget reduction efforts, FAA eliminated funding for DUATS for fiscal
year 1994--a move that the Senate later reversed. Subsequently, FAA
established a subcommittee consisting of user, FAA, and industry exports
to review issues relating to pre-flight weather and flight plan filing
services. This briefing report discusses (1) whether the FAA
subcommittee report responds to the Senate's requirement for restored
funding and (2) the statistical validity of a contractor survey of DUATS
users that FAA used in deciding to terminate fiscal year 1994 funding
for DUATS.

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 REPORTNUM:  AIMD-94-137BR
     TITLE:  Aviation Safety: FAA's Assessment of Pre-flight Service 
             Technology Options
      DATE:  06/20/94
   SUBJECT:  Reporting requirements
             Computerized information systems
             Surveys
             Statistical data
             Pilots
             Comparative analysis
             Transportation safety
             Weather forecasting
             Regulatory agencies
             Navigation aids
IDENTIFIER:  FAA Direct User Access Terminal System
             
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