Sunday, 6 July 2008 – 11:55 pm
Bush administration backing off takeoff auction plan at Kennedy, Newark
A couple of months ago, the Bush administration made promises to ease airport congestion—an issue one would hardly consider worthy of addressing directly through the president, what with all the warring and all.
Now they’ve begun to backtrack from plans to change traffic patterns at JFK and [...]
Saturday, 10 May 2008 – 1:42 pm
Controllers: Airspace redesign causing confusion for pilots at Newark
Every once in a while, a story like this comes along and reminds me just how intricate the dance of aircraft going on over our heads really is.
A new takeoff pattern aimed at easing congestion at Newark Liberty International Airport has confused some pilots and led to [...]