Its important for members to understand the efforts and the stakeholders. Its also important where faa is now and where it can and should go in the future in terms of nexgen. When i like fresh to discuss today in part in relation to the recommendations from the Department Transportation Inspector general reportt in march and found shortcomings of management in the current estimate of nexgen benefits to be 100 billion which is 113 billion less than the estimate. It shows us benefit is important to note the estimated 100 billion so far is the sole projected cost which is 36 billion. When it comes to benefits the Ig Report and as a result they have a clear view how investments will have those operations and then encountering delays things like that performancebased navigation and procedures the final Report Issued Recommendations and is a really began implementing to measure performance whereby projections and interim implementation analysis is incorporated to prioritize those programs an
100 billion which is 113 113 billion less than the 2007 estimate. So while estimate shows less benefit is important, and that the estimated 100 billion in benefit is to far exceed the total projected cost of nextgen through 2030 which is 36 billion. When comes to benefit to the Ig Report also found faa has not transparently stated Nextgen Benefits to date. As a result stakeholders to not have a clear view of how investments and modernization will translate to quantifiable benefits for operations. Lastly the as they continue to encounter delays implementing things like the performancebased navigation procedures, or pbms as we call them. The final Report Issued Recommendations at the is concurred with and is already begin implementing. The faa should publish metrics, measure performance, as they should develop a process whereby in a just a benefit projections and interim implementation and those who are incorporated prioritizing nextgen programs, and third faa should regularly update sta
Its important for members of the Subcommittee And Congress to understand the status of efforts and the input from stakeholders. Its also important because knowing what faa is now will then forward at and should go in the future in terms of nextgen. So id like for us to discuss debate in part is where the fas in relation to the recommendations from the department of Transportation Inspector general report issued in march. The report found shortcomings in management, of nextgen programs and that the faas current estimate of Endstate Nextgen benefits will be about 100 billion which is 113 113 billion less than the 2007 estimate. So while estimate shows less benefit is important, and that the estimated 100 billion in benefit is to far exceed the total projected cost of nextgen through 2030 which is 36 billion. When comes to benefit to the Ig Report also found faa has not transparently stated Nextgen Benefits to date. As a result stakeholders to not have a clear view of how investments and
airlines 777 jet crossed a runway as a smaller cargo plane was landing. and then days before that, an american airlines flight at jfk crossed in front of a delta plane trying to take off. and then there is the near miss in austin, where a fedex plane almost landed on top of a southwest flight. i want to bring in our aviation expert david soucie, who has tried to make me feel better about these things. but david, i m starting to think these are not all anomalies. it s going to feel like there s one of these a week that we report on. it seems like they are a lot more often. and that s only because they are more often right now. if you look at the traffic that s going on in boston right now, boston is at 12,000 flights in january 2021. and now it s come up to 29,000 into january 2023. so, it s nearly three times as much traffic. and they re spacing the airplanes a lot closer together to try to get them out faster. this particular one, alisyn, to make you feel more comfortable
two trains crashing into one another, killing 36 people. we have the latest developments. for the first time in more than 30 years, chicago sitting mayor has lost re-election in a race that was dominate bid rising crime. is it a warning sign for other big city democrats? you re talking about a potential leak. the fbi providing his first public confirmation on their assessment about covid originally leaking from a chinese lab. we ll have more on the comments ahead. all that ahead, first, to our breaking news. a devastating train crash in greece killed more than 36 people. dozens are injured. a passenger train carrying hundreds of people collided head on with a freight train. multiple cars derailed. several catching fire. this happened north of athens. state broadcasters reporting that both trains were traveling on the same track for several miles before this collision. first responders still working, trying to find survivors in the twisted melted wreckage. hospital offic