"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Wasn't this my idea a few weeks back?



Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters appears to accept that general
aviation is not to blame for flight delays at major airports and says her
department will impose scheduling restrictions on airlines, if necessary,
improve on-time records. The first target could be JFK in New York. Peters
has called a meeting between airline representatives and the FAA for Oct.
23-24 to discuss the problems. "Our first choice is to find market-based
incentives to fix delays so we can preserve passenger choice, but we will
consider imposing scheduling restrictions as one option to avoid a repeat
of this summer's delays," Peters said in a news release. As part of their
campaign to create a user-fee system for FAA services, the airlines have
alleged that general aviation traffic is largely to blame for airline
delays but Peters doesn't mention little airplanes in her release. She
notes that in the 18 months ending in August, airlines boosted the number
of scheduled flights into JFK by 41 percent and the number of arrivals
being delayed by more than an hour went up 114 percent. The airport's
overall on-time record dropped to 59 percent. Last month, Peters formed
the Aviation Rulemaking Committee, which will report to President Bush in
December on ways to reduce airline delays. At the same time, she said, her
department is monitoring chronically delayed flights and looking at ways
to improve consumer protection, such as requiring increased compensation
for passengers who are bumped.

I was under the impression that Chicago O'Hare was the worst offender and it
caused delays throughout the system because of it. !?!?