Designated Federal Official The Honorable

Background: NextGen offers the United States the unprecedented opportunity to increase the safety, predictability and environmental performance of aviation. The FAA seeks to establish an ongoing venue and process to enable stakeholders to advise the FAA on issues related to near- and mid-term implementation by providing a shared vision of NextGen for domestic and international arenas. Purpose and Scope: The NextGen Advisory Committee will develop a common understanding of NextGen priorities in the context of overall NextGen capabilities and implementation constraints, with an emphasis on the near-term and mid-term (through 2018). The Committee provides a venue where the FAA can solicit a consensus-based set of recommendations on issues that are critical to the successful implementation of NextGen. It is also a forum to obtain a commitment of resources and/or synchronized planning between government and industry that will support and, when necessary, identify opportunities for industry participation in NextGen implementation. In conducting its work, the Committee will foster a common understanding of success with joint performance objectives and development milestones to be reviewed as implementation progresses. The Committee wil