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Alerts for 1/21/08
Discussion: Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
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 jimglab |
Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
Jan 18 2008, 12:25 PM EST The Transportation Department wants to let airports charge airlines more for operating fights during the busiest times of day at congested airports, in an effort to reduce delays (see this week's story). This would supposedly induce carriers to schedule flights at other times, or move them to alternate airports nearby. Do you think this will work? And would you be willing to pay more for a flight that operates at a time that most people want to travel? Post your comments here. 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
Jan 22 2008, 11:57 AM EST NO.All this is going to do is creat more revenue for the Airports and the Port Authority! People will still travel at the times they are used to travelling...... Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
Jan 22 2008, 11:59 AM EST Stone age thinking. Consumers are already paying too much for the 30 year old airplane they fly, are lucky if they have anything but peanuts and pretzels to eat and frequently have to deal with the attitudes that exist at the airports anyway. Toll road for the sky set by the time of day. Forget it. Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
Jan 22 2008, 1:17 PM EST "NO.All this is going to do is creat more revenue for the Airports and the Port Authority! People will still travel at the times they are used to travelling......"All the feds do is charge more money, their fix for everything. The backbone of America is already pretty stressed. If they continue to tax Americans they will bring us to our knees, or a REVOLUTION Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
Jan 22 2008, 1:58 PM EST The reality is that airlines havebrought this upon themselves. Blaming "an antiquated air traffic control system" is laughable. Delays at ORD, LGA and so forth comes from airlines flying too many small planes into airports. The airlines have decided to outsource a lot of their route system to the regional airlines flying much smaller aircraft at much higher frequencies. In a way, that is good for the traveler, in that you can get from small airport A to big airport B throughout the day, but it means that the hub airports are getting swamped with aircraft. Will it reduce delays? Probably not. People will want to get to LGA and ORD before 9am and leave after 5pm. The airlines will continue to make seats available at those times as long as the demand is there. Companies will pay the cost to get high value people to those locations. It may reduce the number of leisure travelers at the peak times, but I rarely see leisure travelers going to LGA at 6am. Do you find this valuable? |
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Anonymous |
RE: Will 'congestion pricing' reduce delays?
Jan 29 2008, 1:33 PM EST No lvees on certain times of the day would not help. The airlines should use larger planes to accomodate the travelers at those time,especially for short haul, & commuter flights. The traveler would end up paying for the extra charges and it is not their fault that the waits are long. The FAA and the airlines should work together. Do you find this valuable? |