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Texas to pay to keep 13 small airport towers open
The Texas Department of Transportation says it will pay to keep air traffic control towers open at 13 small airports when those facilities lose federal money next month. (www.nbcnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I agree, a lot of these airports are not justified having a Tower. If the city wants it, then they should absorb the cost.
This scenario was predicted on this blog as the purpose of the whole evolution in the first place...it was a shakedown. Shift the cost to State and/or local government, blame the sequester in spite of the fact that the FAA will have more money to spend this year than last.
Watch them pull the same crap with hospitals under ObamaCare. Cut the funding of Medicare/Medicaid until hospitals are bankrupt forcing State and local government to take them over shifting the cost away from the Feds. Then poor quality and waiting lists will be the State's fault not the Feds. The Feds offload the cost but don't cut their budget.
Watch them pull the same crap with hospitals under ObamaCare. Cut the funding of Medicare/Medicaid until hospitals are bankrupt forcing State and local government to take them over shifting the cost away from the Feds. Then poor quality and waiting lists will be the State's fault not the Feds. The Feds offload the cost but don't cut their budget.
There's a reason they decided to close them - the amount of traffic at these places just couldn't justify it. I shocked more places didn't get the ax; I could think of more.
The pilots will now just have to look out the window more (just kidding, but seriously)
The pilots will now just have to look out the window more (just kidding, but seriously)
This isn't the case for all the airports. The airport I work and fly at is one that shouldn't have got cut. If there wasn't enough traffic, then why did they build the tower a few years ago and just one year ago they built a radar station. It is the second busiest airport in Utah. Before the tower was built, it was the busiest non towered airport in the nation. We also have commercial flights, a reliever airport for SLC Intl and have a flight university based here. There are days I wouldn't want to be flying in the airspace WITH the tower. The mix of pilots and aircraft here is unique. Everything from Diamond Katana's, to bunch of bizjets, to the MD80/737's. It's like letting a bunch of student drivers on the freeway with scooters during rush hour... It's going to be a mess. Also I don't fully understand how they calculated what towers will close, our airport has an average of 150,000 operations a year AND aircraft operations are expected to double from their current levels by the year 2015. On top of all that, this airport will be expanding to include more terminals and more commercial flights. Bad move...
I don't know which airport you work at but I think of at least two that shouldn't close right here in N.C....Elizabeth City and Concord
It's simple to explain how they chose which towers to close. They looked at the list of contract towers and posted it.
I find it repulsive that the adminstration is using public safety as a weapon against the majority in the House. It is one thing to cut Whitehouse tours depriving ordinary people a glimpse into the rich history of the American Presidency while the President spends much more than the cost of the tours to attend a basketball game, but quite another to reduce the safety of air travel.
The FAA is receiving more money than ever. They have not had a cut in their allocation of public money. If they have squandered money on excessive salaries, silly expenditures, and mismanagement it is time for everyone weighted from the Secretary down to take a haircut. There will be plenty of money to operate the agency in the public interest and safety.
Texas knows you cannot be productive without transportation.
The FAA is receiving more money than ever. They have not had a cut in their allocation of public money. If they have squandered money on excessive salaries, silly expenditures, and mismanagement it is time for everyone weighted from the Secretary down to take a haircut. There will be plenty of money to operate the agency in the public interest and safety.
Texas knows you cannot be productive without transportation.