Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
TheRealDeal wrote:
Airline Delays in 2007 Were Second Worst Ever, With More Than 26
Percent of Flights Late
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A quarter of domestic flights failed to arrive on
time in 2007 -- the industry's second poorest performance on record --
and analysts say it is likely to get worse.
More than 26 percent of commercial flights in the U.S. arrived late or
were canceled last year as rising passenger demand and an industry
preference for smaller planes intensified congestion in the skies and
on runways. The air-travel logjam, reported Tuesday by the Department
of Transportation, comes as a growing number of air traffic
controllers near retirement age -- a trend the controllers' union says
will magnify the problem.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080205/airli...lays.html?.v=2
It is good to know the FAA is EXPANDING their civil rights
and management staff while the Air Traffic control system turns to ****.
Government at work
The FAA needs more desk jockeys and management staff the hell with Air
Safety!!
Moron, What effect does FAA staffing or civil rights have to do with
"...rising passenger demand and an industry preference for smaller
planes..."
Dear Moron(squared)
It is the FAA's responsibility to regulate and oversee the
Nations Air Traffic control system.
If there is chaos in the skies and record delays and
retiring/****ed off FAA controllers and technicians and
degrading safety if the FAA is not responsible.......
WHO THE F%^$ IS????
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
FEDERAL adjective
1.national; especially in reference to the government of the
United States as distinct from that of its member units;
"the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts";
"the federal highway program"; "federal property"
AVIATION –noun
1.The design, development, production, operation, and use of
aircraft, esp. heavier-than-air aircraft.
ADMINISTRATION–noun
1.The management of any office, business, or organization;
direction.
2.The function of a political state in exercising its
governmental duties.