by Orval Fairbairn Mar 29, 2006 at 09:39 PM



Now "Skylune" is starting to sound like Bill MulCahy.
"FAA/airport cabal", indeed!



MulCahy has his own style, but I agree with Bill that the FAA/airport
alliance is an unholy cabal.

A large part of the FAA bureaucracy exists to approve and administer
grants, which requires the employment of numerous personnel. Like other
bureaucracies, it seeks to protect and enlarge itself, with no
consideration to anything outside of its own mission: to expand aviation.
It is at odds with other bureaucracies, most notably the new OHS. EPA has
been largely de-fanged, but there are some tensions there too.

And there are intergovernmental tensions, often between FAA and localities
victimized by this nefarious agency.