Thread started: Sep 16 2007, 11:23 PM EDT
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The FAA is warning airlines that if they don’t resist the urge to overschedule flights during peak periods at congested airports, the government may step and force their hand (see this week's story above). Do you think it is right for the government to regulate airline scheduling? Do you believe a reduction in overscheduling will significantly alleviate flight delays? Post your comments here.
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RE: Should airline schedules be regulated?
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Sep 17 2007, 11:36 PM EDT
There is no alternative but that the government should step in at major airports. These facilities are ridiculously large and expensive simply because the airlines want to schedule all their flights at a few peak times. The number of arrivals and departures in a given time period (say, an hour) should be strictly limited. The apportioning can be done by agreement among the airports and the airlines. General aviation is not a significant part of the problem, constituting only a tiny fraction of the flights at the largest airports. The outgoing FAA administrator's comments amount to a veiled threatening of user fees, which are a fundamentally bad idea unless based on something like gross weight.
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