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0.8 billion people fly in the US per year. Paying $3 per passenger for air traffic control seems insane. The whole scheme should be costing more like 0.1 cent

0.8 billion people fly in the US per year. Paying $3 per passenger for air traffic control seems insane. The whole scheme should be costing more like 0.1 cents per passenger. Start from that price, and then figure out what service you can offer with that money. $800k should pay for a flight planning/replanning website made by one dev in a few months, and half an on-call rotation to man a helpline.

jjulius 2y ago
>Start from that price, and then figure out what service you can offer with that money. I say this not to attack you personally, but because I can't think of any other way to describe this idea (and I do realize that this does not contribute to a high quality discussion)... Approaching something as vital and complicated as air traffic safety by saying, "I will only take the services I can get for some completely arbitrary amount of money," is utterly fucking stupid.
- mnky9800n 2y ago
  I didn’t find this rude. I would prefer to not die on an airplane.
cactacea 2y ago
I'm glad clowns like you aren't in government. Oh wait...
SR2Z 2y ago
Dude, $800k won't even pay for a new piston single. That's like three ATC salaries. I don't know where you get the idea that this is enough money. It's not, it's absurdly low, and "half an on-call" to stop airplanes from crashing when your Node.js app crashes sounds more like a joke than a serious proposal.
lm28469 2y ago
I'll be the last do defend this project but it's not like they'll spend 2.8b every single year
Jtsummers 2y ago
> $800k should pay for a flight planning/replanning website made by one dev in a few months, and half an on-call rotation to man a helpline. I realize I'm piling on, but do you really believe that ATC comms just tracks flight plans? Or are you just trolling?
laughingcurve 2y ago
I would call this a zero content effort but it seems more like a negative effort intended to spark more ire and anger. Very poor contribution.
rozap 2y ago
You shouldn't forget to add the /s to your comment, people might mistake you for a fucking idiot.

jjulius 2y ago

>Start from that price, and then figure out what service you can offer with that money. I say this not to attack you personally, but because I can't think of any other way to describe this idea (and I do realize that this does not contribute to a high quality discussion)... Approaching something as vital and complicated as air traffic safety by saying, "I will only take the services I can get for some completely arbitrary amount of money," is utterly fucking stupid.

mnky9800n 2y ago
I didn’t find this rude. I would prefer to not die on an airplane.

cactacea 2y ago

I'm glad clowns like you aren't in government. Oh wait...

SR2Z 2y ago

Dude, $800k won't even pay for a new piston single. That's like three ATC salaries. I don't know where you get the idea that this is enough money. It's not, it's absurdly low, and "half an on-call" to stop airplanes from crashing when your Node.js app crashes sounds more like a joke than a serious proposal.

lm28469 2y ago

I'll be the last do defend this project but it's not like they'll spend 2.8b every single year

Jtsummers 2y ago

> $800k should pay for a flight planning/replanning website made by one dev in a few months, and half an on-call rotation to man a helpline. I realize I'm piling on, but do you really believe that ATC comms just tracks flight plans? Or are you just trolling?

laughingcurve 2y ago

I would call this a zero content effort but it seems more like a negative effort intended to spark more ire and anger. Very poor contribution.

rozap 2y ago

You shouldn't forget to add the /s to your comment, people might mistake you for a fucking idiot.