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Why not cut back on general aviation flights first? My naive solution (granted I know little about ATC) would be to give commercial flights priority over GA fli
by frontiersummit 4y ago
Why not cut back on general aviation flights first? My naive solution (granted I know little about ATC) would be to give commercial flights priority over GA flights if ATC is overloaded. No 8-seat business jet is more economically important than a 200-seat airliner. Say nothing of recreational piston-engine flights. At the very least slap a $5000 surcharge on every GA takeoff or something.
- catminou 4y agoGA folks generally aren't taxing the atc system. Most are vfr and not on a plan.
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- Cyberdogs7 4y agoTypically your single piston GA flight will be operating in very different airspace than a 200 seat airline. Just as you can't take a single piston pilot and put in as the pilot in command of a 200 person airliner, ATC personal are not easily hot swappable between airports or airspace.
- User23 4y ago> No 8-seat business jet is more economically important than a 200-seat airliner Devil's advocate: Prove it.
- kortilla 4y agoSame fee for every aircraft. Increase until the congestion reduces. This is called a congestion tax, it works. No need to distinguish between purpose of the flight. If it’s economically important, they will pay.
- catminou 4y agoCanada already has a usage fee for using ATC services fwiw. Based upon type / weight and distance traveled you get charged per flight. Same thing could be used here - not sure it's going to fix some of the fundamental issues of lack of staff and poor FAA management.
- Matheus28 4y agoPiston-engine flights are the ones training future pilots…