US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

Post by pc86 » Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 1:44 PM UTC

Casseres wrote: post #406

opwieurposiu wrote: post #176

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This is just wrong. Commercial flights fly all the time without ATC. The majority of airports in the USA are uncontrolled. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-towered_airport

Air Traffic Controller here. You are correct. There are many airports that are just a runway and have CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) where pilots advise each other of their position, heading, intentions, etc. ATC can give clearances to aircraft landing and taking off from such airports, but the clearances only apply in controlled airspace, usually starting 700ft above the ground. ATC can also make sure ther…

Even taking off from an uncontrolled airport don't Part 125 commercial ops still require ATC to operate?

Post by 0xfeba » Tue, Feb 05, 2019, 2:06 PM UTC

GlenTheMachine wrote: post #501

0xfeba wrote: post #389

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> but extremely inefficiently Is there a reason government is inefficient?

Sure. First, many of the problems the government tries to solve are not problems with easy solutions. There are no businesses (that I know of, anyway) out there with the goal of providing free education to every child in a community. Or feeding and housing disabled people. And so on. THe failure of the government to perform better in these areas is sometimes referred to as "inefficiency", but what are we comparing go…

Thanks for the response. If the government is inefficient, but provides its population with their needs (healthcare, defense, etc.), does it matter?

I mean, ideally they'd strive to reduce those inefficiencies, but why does it need to be a certain level of efficient to be considered "good"?

Re: US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages

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