AOPA President Phil Boyer says there's not much room for general aviation in NASA's and the FAA's vision of future air travel. The so-called Next Generation Air Transportation System is geared toward commercial carriers and heaps expense on GA while diminishing its access. "But in this nightmare of the future, GA would lose access to airspace, experience increased security requirements, and operate from fewer airports," said Boyer, "even if we equipped with all the expensive technologies envisioned." There are some major shifts in the way airspace management would work under the plan [1.3 meg PDF file] but it's the expense that small aircraft owners would incur thats got AOPA particularly riled.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/briefs/ga-squeezed-out-of-the-future