Is the issue that weather restriction reduced the traffic into and out of these airports or the fact that the TRACON has been evacuated? If it had not been evacuated would there still be restrictions. ANd yes there was a vocal element that felt the same as you about ACF's versus the smaller facilities. But is the combined facility more efficient and less expensive to operate? Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:42 AM Subject: Re: San Diego fire > In a message dated 10/28/2003 6:22:10 AM Pacific Standard Time, > exatc@xxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << This sort of event was the subject of much concern by a number of the > planners?. The capability of adjacent facilities to assume the ACF (Area > Control Facility)(This program's name then)traffic was to be ensured. >> > > Well, I think this shows that that is not the case. If there were more, > smaller facilities, then the burden would be reduced. They could each take > smaller chunks of space, and keep at full capacity >