A report from the Government Accountability Office cites concerns that the National Weather Service and the FAA need a fresh interagency agreement. And consolidating weather service units is one of the possible outcomes. The existing pact expires at the end of this month. A proposed restructuring addresses the manner in which aviation weather is provided to FAA en route air traffic centers. The latest proposal, according to the GAO, would consolidate weather services from some 21 locations down to two. One hitch to implementing the new proposal is that there are currently insufficient measuring baselines to establish whether or not any new weather-services distribution program were successful.
FAA and National Weather Service Face Challenges
Key Takeaways:
- The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that the National Weather Service (NWS) and FAA need a fresh interagency agreement for aviation weather services, as the current one expires this month.
- A proposed restructuring would consolidate aviation weather service units from 21 locations down to two to streamline provision to FAA en route air traffic centers.
- A key challenge to implementing this consolidation is the lack of sufficient measuring baselines to assess the success of any new distribution program.
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