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FAA furloughs kick in, some flight delays appear
Commercial airline flights started backing up and delayed some travelers Monday, a day after air traffic controllers started going on furlough because of government spending cuts. (www.chron.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The country is Full of Airspace Controls at Terminal Junctions that are simply unnecessary. Both Pilots and controllers know it,the average taxpaying public does not. 100's of Towers still operate on a basis that somehow they are an absolute by the very fact that they exist.Reigning in second tier GA ATC has left Mom,Pop and Sally Joe fearful for the outcome...It just ain't so.
Looking at my Flight tracker real time display I see lots of flights from BOS-SEA, LGA-SEA, etc., are now flying more northerly over Canadian airspace, so it leaves me to wonder, if the cutback in the US FAA budget is part of the reason for this? These flights are usually over MN,ND,MT, ID, etc. on the way by where I am.
My solution to sequestration and its effects on ATC. FAA should immediately do 2 things, first cut way back on the number of controllers at Regan and Dulles, secondly cut back on controllers at all red states major cities. They wanted it, they get it.
I guess you got the money to keep feeding the teat or are you one of those drinking off of it?
Looks like the same as back in the Regan era when a bunch of them were fired. Would Obama do the same thing when it gets to the point where ALL flights are affected?
Amazing how big government advocates (Obama and friends) will do anything to perpetuate Federal control over our lives. Funny how Obama's proposed budget for the FAA has less money than is currently available after sequester cuts. No current FAA prioritization is the reason for traveler delays. That and the hope to take the U.S House back in 2014 elections so we can have more Federal stimulus and more great programs like Obamacare. Let's get real on what is truly causing delays at the airports.!