Larry Dighera wrote:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/trans...ays_08-07.html
(audio and video are available)

The Federal Aviation Administrator sees herself as part of the
airlines. At least that's what I infer from her statement:

In fact, what's amazing is we're running at almost 90 percent load
factors. That means 90 percent of every aircraft have people in
the seats.

And this statement is revealing of her lack of understanding of the
true cause of the delays:

We're very proud of the fact that, in the last 10 years, we have
added 10 major runways at airports around the country that are the
big ones that matter.

And if you listen/watch, you'll see just how biased toward Boeing's
satellite ATC system she is. She has no trepidation at all about the
frailties of satellite communications and their vulnerability to solar
activity.
This is what happens when the appointed politician head of the FAA,
whose total aviation experience consists of warming a seat on Southwest
Airlines, opens her mount.

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"Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool."
—- Voltaire