On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 13:41:06 GMT, (Ron Lee)
wrote in :

BLAKEY TAKES PARTING SHOT AT AIRLINES
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#196129)
Marion Blakey made her last speech
(http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/new...fm?newsId=9532) as FAA
administrator on Tuesday, before the Washington, D.C., Aero Club. And
it held at least one surprise -- she put the blame for airline delays
squarely on airline scheduling practices that are "out of line with
reality." The airline industry has waged a campaign trying to blame
general aviation aircraft for congestion and delays.

Sounds to me like this shows that the FAA/airline campaign for use
fees to fund NextGen was a lie. Thus no need for any user fees or
ADS-B mandates.


I'm sorry, but I don't follow your logic. You're saying, that because
the FAA Administrator publicly admits that the air carriers are
causing flight delays, that user-fee financing of NextGen ATC was a
lie? I agree with your conclusion, but I don't understand the
reasoning you used to reach it.

What Blakey's statement reveals is here change of stance on the issue
of the cause of airline delays as she slips the surly bonds of the
Bush regime.

ADS-B is a done-deal; FAA has signed the contract with ITT to pay for
its development, implementation, deployment, and operation as another
step toward privatized ATC.