What are the top avionics issues facing business aviation?
Brown: If we take avionics as a whole, one of the leading issues we have is that, as we work with planners and regulators, movement toward new avionics is benefit–driven rather than just pure mandates. Avionics: Could you elaborate? Brown: What we mean when we talk about a benefit–driven transition to new avionics is to make sure that those who invested early–the early adopters that you would have with any electronic capability–initially have some applications and benefits available to them and feel like they’re getting a return on their investment. It’s not a whole lot different from the computer arena. You want to make sure that, within the infrastructure, there’s real benefit to be gained in day–to–day operations. You need a little bit of immediate gratification, so you can understand why you are flying those [avionics]. Avionics: Can you give an example? Brown: GPS came along and we had WAAS [Wide Area Augmentation System] approaches. We worked with FAA to try to expand the number
