Originally Posted by
skywatch
Actually, I think Boyd is talking about the poor performance of ATC. If you read his analysis, he is always pretty down on horrible job FAA does managing the airspace and down on the airlines for taking the blame rather than fighting back and attacking FAA for their poor management of air traffic control.
That may be true, however if you go back and look at the CNC section, the article mentions how a 767 may have to wait an extra 2-3 minutes before taxiing to the gate b/c the ground crew is not prepared to receive the a/c. This causes extra fuel burn that is totally unnecessary. Also, how a jetway is not properly set to receive the next a/c that has been cleared "to the ramp" by ATC. The author states that a gate agent will spend precious minutes trying to adjust the jetway thus delaying the flight, extra fuel burn, pax missing connecting flights and list goes on and on and......
atp