skycruiser
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- Oct 11, 2003
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The press release should be out on Monday (8/Mar) but here are some well disserved and welcome changes to the way the FAA will do business.
1) No more of the "first come/first serve" theory. This will allow controllers to move aircraft around i.e. moving the faster aircraft ahead of the slower ones
2) No more gaming the system for general aviation aircraft. Meaning that when a city is in a ground delay program the GA folks cannot file to a secondary airport then, at the last minute, divert to the city under the program (thus by passing the delay). Now, if no emergency is declared, the flights will be held between 45-90 minutes or not be given the permission to divert. Also the VFR/IFR trick has been addressed with the changes. If a flight attempts to take off VFR (to an airport that is in a program) the crew will not be given their IFR clearance until over 300 miles from the departure airport.
3) Airports that are taking departure delays that are over 90 minutes, the users can request, via the ATC Command Center, that the flush the airport.
This doesn't fix all the issues but is should help out the commercial folks in the coming summer months.
1) No more of the "first come/first serve" theory. This will allow controllers to move aircraft around i.e. moving the faster aircraft ahead of the slower ones
2) No more gaming the system for general aviation aircraft. Meaning that when a city is in a ground delay program the GA folks cannot file to a secondary airport then, at the last minute, divert to the city under the program (thus by passing the delay). Now, if no emergency is declared, the flights will be held between 45-90 minutes or not be given the permission to divert. Also the VFR/IFR trick has been addressed with the changes. If a flight attempts to take off VFR (to an airport that is in a program) the crew will not be given their IFR clearance until over 300 miles from the departure airport.
3) Airports that are taking departure delays that are over 90 minutes, the users can request, via the ATC Command Center, that the flush the airport.
This doesn't fix all the issues but is should help out the commercial folks in the coming summer months.
