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"I can think of many
times when - if my aircraft had been equipped with ALG
- we could have easily landed safely, but instead we had to go around
or divert to another airport. ALG
is an excellent concept. I think every aircraft ought to have it."
- Captain Barry Schiff, senior pilot and author
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"ALG
is a technology whose time has come. It's something that I thing
the airlines need to look at, and it's something that the military
needs to look at right now…This is a technology that allows
you to know you're going to get home. It'll bring you down in all
kinds of weather and it'll bring you down to zero-zero. It's right
up there among the most significant things to come to aviation."
- 4-Star Air Force General Tom Richards (ret.), former FAA administrator,
experienced pilot, and consultant to major aviation and defense
industries
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"Attempting to land an
airliner in reduced visibility is one of the greatest causes of
death in aviation. I can think of several airplane crashes in recent
years that, had ALG been operational,
it's quite possible that the planes would have landed safely and
hundred of people would still be alive today. ALG
is a potential lifesaver…and certainly a significant moneysaver
in terms of on-time performance."
- Don Llorente, NTSB accident investigator
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"There
are really two issues at work here: one, the cost of carrying extra
fuel in case the plane is diverted or delayed. The second issue is
the very real cost of diversions, delays and cancellations. ALG
will allow pilots and dispatchers to decrease their reliance on extra
fuel, knowing they'll be able to land even in poor visibility.
And the resulting decrease in diversions and delays will greatly enhance
the airlines' image, and thereby the revenue, of carriers who use
ALG."
- Jochen Haber, fuel cost analyst for ten major international airlines
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