"Matt Barrow" wrote:

Screw top Continental and Boeing executives, and the airplanes they rode
in
on, too.

My, my, Dan, feeling crusty today? ;-)

Damn right. These guys are out to control the national airspace and run it
for their benefit.

And the FAA's motiviation is...what, benign benvolence?

Hard to say. The FAA sems to be wilting under pressure from the airlines.