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Originally Posted by tsquare
They FAA needs to get rid of the archaic 250 below 10,000 foot rule. Treat NY more like most stations in Europe do, and change the TA to 4 or 5,000 feet. Allow aircraft east bound from JFK to takeoff on 31R, turn right, and light 'em up. Get 'em up, get 'em out... If there isn't enough airspace on the tracks with RVSM, then add a few more tracks. The BS that occurs on a daily basis at JFK is uncalled for, and rests squarely on the head of the FAA.
Privitising that governmental organization might go a long way towards solving the problem too.
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No, they just need to create a bunch of RNAV routes for each of the three airports... with alternate ones when weather closes a fix.... speed and altitude restrictions built into the SID/STAR.... It would eliminate 95% of the radio traffic from app/dep tracon's. Of course, they don't want this to happen, since they wouldn't need as many controllers... and job staffing level protection is right up there with pay and QOL protections.
It works well at DFW and now at CLT. You hardly have to talk to the controllers except to check on frequency and get assigned a higher altitude. Of course, when they get really fancy, it will be part of the SID to just switch freq's as you fly along the route... if they need you, they'll call you.
Privatization is not the answer. The only reason it has worked in other countries that have it; is because General Aviation, and Corporate Aviation have all but died in those countries do to ever increasing user fees and departure/arrival taxes. The end result is that the US is one of the few places that many countries send their people to learn to fly in... nobody can afford it elswhere.
Besides, in the post 9-11 world.... how can you possible say that ATC is not a public safety function?
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