I couldn't agree with the FAA more. ATC is overwhelmed with too many flights utilizing aircraft holding less than 100 seats. Rather than have 4 flights in four hours with a/c holding 80 passengers or so, perhaps the solution is to have one flight in 4 hours utilizing a 767. Greg An exasperated frequent flyer _____ From: airline2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:airline2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger LaFrance Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:27 PM To: Airline List; Skyone; Airline2 Yahoo Subject: [Airline] FAA: Airlines need to shrink schedules "Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said airlines need to shrink their schedules or potentially face government action." What, I thought deregulation meant that any airline can fly anywhere at anytime with a few exceptions. ------------------------------------------ FAA: Airlines need to shrink schedules Associated Press Sept. 11, 2007 05:09 PM WASHINGTON - Dogged by record flight delays, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday said airlines need to shrink their schedules or potentially face government action. "The airlines need to take a step back on scheduling practices that are at times out of line with reality," FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said in prepared remarks at an industry luncheon. The airline industry's on-time performance in the first seven months of 2007 was its worst since comparable data began being collected in 1995, according to government data. U.S. carriers reported an on-time arrival rate of 69.8 percent in July, the most recent statistics available, down from 73.7 percent a year ago, according to the Department of Transportation. But Mike Boyd, an aviation consultant based in Evergreen, Colo., criticized Blakey and the FAA for not doing more to upgrade air traffic control systems, which he said are ten years out of date. "The skies are not crowded, the skies are mismanaged by the FAA," he said. David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association, an industry group, said the airlines' schedules are intended to meet the demands of customers. "The carriers put airplanes where people want to go, and when they want to fly," he said. "They're not flying empty airplanes." 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