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Alerts for 9/17/07
Discussion: Should airline schedules be regulated?
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 jimglab |
Should airline schedules be regulated?
Sep 16 2007, 11:23 PM EDT 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. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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green747 green747 |
RE: Should airline schedules be regulated?
Sep 17 2007, 5:39 PM EDT Part of the over-scheduling problem is that the Govt. allowed airlines like Jet Blue, Spirit, Virgin America etc. to start operations at some of our busiest airports. If anyone has to cut back the Govt. should make the above mentioned airlines and other new carriers cut back the most. 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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vtvoyager vtvoyager |
RE: Should airline schedules be regulated?
Sep 17 2007, 6:30 PM EDT As much as I don't believe in government intrusion in this matter, the airlines have clearly showed that they cannot police themselves. Modifying a flight's departure and arrival times to improve on-time statistics is not an acceptable way (in my humble opinion) to improve on-time statistics. Reduction in overscheduling (as was done at Chicago's O'Hare) should help alleviate flight delays. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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green747 green747 |
RE: Should airline schedules be regulated?
Sep 17 2007, 10:50 PM EDT That's why the newer airlines into ORD should have to give up their slots as they're the ones thanks to the GOVT. which caused the overscheduling. 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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denvail denvail |
RE: Should airline schedules be regulated?
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. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |