Time Magazine Article "What's causing ATC delays"

james wrote:
Hey all - I'm mostly a lurker but felt compelled to comment on this.

Time Magazine recently had an incredibly asinine piece on "What's
causing flight delays." In it the writer blames the old ATC system,
but barely gives word to busy hub airports, overscheduled/canceled
flights, and a host of other LOCAL AIRPORT and AIRLINE problems that
are really to blame. And of course adding a one line jab about GA.

Plus - the animation showing a plane being bounced around the sky like
a pinball is hilarious, and just plane incorrect.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...653304,00.html

I wrote a rebuttal on my blog: Would love any comments/corrections or
opinions

http://www.futuregringo.com/index.ph...travel-delays/

Summary: Instead of whining about zig zag patterns in the sky we
should invest the money in people, resources (such as ground radar,)
and improvements in the LOCAL airport environments at our largest
hubs. The TOWER is where air traffic controllers are overworked,
overtaxed, and because of this have increased chances of errors. Why
are people being told, or sold, a false worry about the LEAST
problematic and least dangerous part of our ATC system?

Let's see, about 233,000 active pilots out of a population now over
300,000,000. Maybe lots less registered GA aircraft.

The flying public couldn't give a flying f**k about GA unless GA holds
up their flight and then GA should disappear.

Face it, we are a dying breed and there's nothing that can be done about
it at this late stage. Expect to see our free-wheeling flying to be gone
within the next 20-30 years, if not sooner.

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"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
—- Voltaire