Recently, Larry Dighera posted:

Bush administration propaganda? Could it be?

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From what I've read/heard of the FAA's push for NextGen ATC
technology, it would seem that they are using every propaganda tactic
they can think of to permit aircraft manufacturers and air carriers to
hijack the US ATC system (and imposing user fees and privatization)
under the guise of addressing the delays.

See if you don't agree:

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

I would agree that one general Republican agenda item is to get government
out of "business activities", and in some cases this may be a Good Thing.
However, I read this article as clueless adherence to a bad plan. The hub
system is the issue because it overloads a few airports and backs up the
rest of the system (one point mentioned in the article, btw). In short,
hubs don't work, and the proposed solutions attack the wrong issues as
though they are the problem. It should be no surprise that such
"solutions" are brought to us by the same idiots that brought us the
"troop surge" in Iraq, yet another example of attacking the wrong issue
while having no impact on the real problems.

Neil