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Airports suing FAA over planned control tower shutdowns
"CHICAGO – Airport operators are mounting a legal challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to cut funding for 149 air traffic control towers, accusing the agency of violating federal law meant to ensure major changes at airports do not erode safety." (www.foxnews.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
"CHICAGO" - mayor Daley once single handedly closed a tower. Lol
I really wish KORL would get in on this. Look at how close it is to KMCO, even with the 15 or so planes that fly out of there every day... it is still a major risk to the big guys coming out of KMCO. That also makes me question, how did they determine what towers to shut down in the first place? Was it based on traffic alone or were all factors (i.e. Safety, Traffic, Proximety, etc.) taken into consideration?
Seriously, KORL is no more than 10 miles from KMCO. Does nobody see anything wrong with having a 747 on final approach and a Cessna taking off in his path? Someone's gonna get hurt in that situation!!
Gonna have to ban those 747's then...
The Cessna has to stay below the class B without a clearance.
Last I hear the Gov has found a way to keep the airport control towers open. Using 1980's safety data to justify the actions!
When and where did you hear that? If it's brand new, grab the URL and post it.
I heard the story again on TV with more details today. The tower closings have been delayed until June or July 15th so they can determine if there is a way to keep them open. Bottom line is this is not really a story anymore. Give it a month or two and see what happens then.
I heard it on the TV news. Sorry but no URL to post, all they said was it was justified using 1980's flight incident data. Maybe they were only talking about one airport but what I hear sounded like they were talking about all of the airports affected.
I can tell you this, having flown planse since I was 16 (now 62) the only airports that would be adversely affected are large airports with heavy traffic. Even a medium sized airport can handle Uni-Comm radio suffeciently for planes and pilots to safely arrive and depart. For that matter, because of radar overlap most of these airports will still be under the view of air controllers. The government does not need to spend our money on un-needed towers and staff. Too bad they didn;t go deeper with the cuts, there are many other things the FAA does that are flat out wastefull.
I can tell you this, having flown planse since I was 16 (now 62) the only airports that would be adversely affected are large airports with heavy traffic. Even a medium sized airport can handle Uni-Comm radio suffeciently for planes and pilots to safely arrive and depart. For that matter, because of radar overlap most of these airports will still be under the view of air controllers. The government does not need to spend our money on un-needed towers and staff. Too bad they didn;t go deeper with the cuts, there are many other things the FAA does that are flat out wastefull.