What are the expected benefits of AGDL implementation in Continental airspace?
Frequency congestion on the controller’s radio network is a well-know constraint in today’s crowded airspace. Experts consider that voice communication tasks represent between 35 and 50% of the tactical (executive) controller’s overall workload. The use of a supplementary communication medium like AGDL in high-density continental airspace offers the potential to relieve some of this congestion, enhancing existing communications between the air and the ground, and offering unambiguous transmission of routine messages between controllers and pilots.
