The Free Flight Implementation Task Force Report underscores 
the need for changes in the air traffic system and emphasizes 
that changes should be both benefits driven and implemented in 
steps, such that incremental changes lead immediately to 
incremental benefits.  

This report provides the definition of free flight, 
addresses "dynamic density" plus other operational initiatives, 
and recommends a transition strategy based on the time-phased 
implementation of new procedures and technology.  The strategy 
provides benefits to the entire air tranportation community.  
The strategy also simultaneously moves the community from an 
analog communication, ground-based navigation air traffic 
control system to a digital communication, ground- and space-
based navigation air traffic management system that makes 
increasingly heavier use of decision support systems to help 
air traffic service providers meet their important 
responsibilities.