Originally Posted by
bradthepilot
You might want to spend some time jacked in on station with a controller. I did that a few weeks ago at MSP center. Right up front, I saw Stossel making claims that were straight up wrong:
- Flights are tracked by computer systems; the paper strips do exist but only as a backup.
- A number of NextGen technologies are already here: ADS-B is one, CPDLC is another
I had to turn it off after that. I side with him on lots of issues, but on this one it seems pretty clear he didn't bother to verify a couple of basic items and if he didn't do that, the rest of his piece is specious at best.
If you connected the dots there you'd realize he's pulling the wool over your eyes on other issues as well - just you're not as familiar with them as you are familiar with aviation; so you don't notice. That's his MO though.
Originally Posted by
SonicFlyer
If we were to follow the Constitution, either it would need to be amended to add airspace management to the list of things the feds are allowed to do, or it would be run by the state governments.
Oh look, another pilot who thinks he's a constitutional scholar. LMAO.