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"Newps" wrote in message
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| Jim Macklin wrote:
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| All ATC facilities were moved to remote locations [as
much
| as possible] including airport towers.
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| No such thing happened.
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| All ATC personnel
| have military security clearance.
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| I have an FBI security clearance, not military. Huge
difference.
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| In the event of attack,
| ATC is expected to provide service to the military.
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| There are no such standing orders. 9/11 proved that
beyond a shadow of
| a doubt.
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| If it
| wasn't for the airline and GA user, the services ATC
| provides the military would still be needed and the
budget
| would come solely from the military budget.
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| If it wasn't for the airlines and GA 99% of ATC wouldn't
be needed at all.
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| As far as controlled airspace, I still have my old
charts
| that show a few 10 mile wide airways isolated in most
| western states. Today, the same places are all
controlled
| above 1200 feet. But traffic did not increase, it was
just
| the FAA budget.
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| Better take a look at your charts of the western US again.
We have
| tremendous amounts of class G, within 35 miles of my class
C airport the
| class E doesn't start until 10,000. And there's a hell of
a lot more
| traffic out here now than 50 years ago.
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| Why do you think the FAA was designed to do what it
does?
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| Airlines.