It appears that MIT is doing some research work in the inflight planning
process. The following segment was posted in the latest AVWeb newsletter.
Vince
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"WHERE YOU GONNA GO? The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is
currently researching the flight "replanning" process, the forming of an
alternate flight plan after the aircraft is airborne. As part of the
research effort they are conducting a pilot survey. If you wish to take
part visit MIT's International Center for Air Transportation Web site.
<http://web.mit.edu/tpfan/www/survey.html>.