NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 8 /EMWNews/ -- Members of the American Association

of Airport Executives (AAAE) met in Louisville, Kentucky this week for the

inaugural NextGen Conference to discuss development of the next generation

Air Traffic Control systems. Among the speakers was Phillip Brodt, Chief

Marketing Officer for GCR & Associates, Inc. of New Orleans.



    In his presentation, Brodt urged the NextGen industry representatives

to consider the unprecedented opportunities NextGen affords airport

operators and their facilities. "The applications being developed should

not be limited only to advancing flight navigation and air traffic

management. The vision needs to be expanded to include the needs of airport

operators, who are making billion-dollar decisions based on air traffic

information. The technologies being developed through NextGen could

significantly help in passenger operations and decision-making." Brodt

stressed that an opportunity exists to strategically incorporate solutions

for capacity, operations, and financial management for airport facilities.



    GCR was established in 1979 as a privately owned professional firm in

New Orleans, Louisiana. Today, GCR's staff of over 100 employees provides

intellectual and strategic planning support in aviation, professional and

technology services. Clients include federal, state and nationwide

municipal governments as well as corporations in a variety of industries.