Comments on: Airlines vs. FAA: Slot Auctions at LaGuardia http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:55:46 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Steve http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/#comment-21710 Steve Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:02:56 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/#comment-21710 And what responsibility is the FAA going to take when an airline pays for a slot and the airport in unable to deliver or unable to deliver in on time? The problem with New York Airports is that the Airport and Air Traffic control don't have to take any responsibility for their delays. The problems with NYCs airports is not the high volume of traffic but the way the airport employees run the place. And what responsibility is the FAA going to take when an airline pays for a slot and the airport in unable to deliver or unable to deliver in on time? The problem with New York Airports is that the Airport and Air Traffic control don’t have to take any responsibility for their delays. The problems with NYCs airports is not the high volume of traffic but the way the airport employees run the place.

]]> By: ron stidmon http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/#comment-10912 ron stidmon Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:04:09 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/#comment-10912 Slot auctions (with minor tweeks) could be more than a short term solution. Tweek 1. Give current slot holders a slight advantage (say 10% or so)for 6-12 months so passengers and schedules won't be radically affected. Tweek 2. After tweek1 expires, give slight advantage to slot holders that have the best on-time arrival/departure records. Slot auctions (with minor tweeks) could be more than a short term solution.

Tweek 1. Give current slot holders a slight advantage (say 10% or so)for 6-12 months so passengers and schedules won’t be radically affected.

Tweek 2. After tweek1 expires, give slight advantage to slot holders that have the best on-time arrival/departure records.

]]> By: Kathie Wycoff http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/#comment-10909 Kathie Wycoff Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:56:32 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2008/04/21/airlines-vs-faa-slot-auctions-at-laguardia/#comment-10909 Safety needs to be the prime concern. I used to love to travel by air but now, if it's under 1000 miles, I generally drive. Being stranded, in the middle of the night, at any airport is miserable. Delayed flights, missing crews, malfunctins, sitting on runways, all of these are more frustrating than the long lines for security. Tiny meals, less leg room, stuffed overhead compartments - or traveling first class with a screaming baby next to you - air travel continues to be miserable. My best flights recently have been on Delta and foreign air lines. One more comment since I feel less flights to New York would be safer. I understand the cost efficiency of the major hubs, but we are now faced with too many flights into these hubs and billions of dollars poured into continually adding to them and updating them. Perhaps we need to add more hubs. Sometimes it is cheaper to fly outside of a hub than to one, i.e., from Wilmington to Atlanta is almost $500 this week; but I can fly from Wilmington to Atlanta and on to Burmingham for $148 round trip - and I WANT to go to Dothan, AL. So, why do I need this hub with the massive amounts of flights? Safety needs to be the prime concern. I used to love to travel by air but now, if it’s under 1000 miles, I generally drive. Being stranded, in the middle of the night, at any airport is miserable. Delayed flights, missing crews, malfunctins, sitting on runways, all of these are more frustrating than the long lines for security. Tiny meals, less leg room, stuffed overhead compartments - or traveling first class with a screaming baby next to you - air travel continues to be miserable. My best flights recently have been on Delta and foreign air lines.

One more comment since I feel less flights to New York would be safer. I understand the cost efficiency of the major hubs, but we are now faced with too many flights into these hubs and billions of dollars poured into continually adding to them and updating them. Perhaps we need to add more hubs. Sometimes it is cheaper to fly outside of a hub than to one, i.e., from Wilmington to Atlanta is almost $500 this week; but I can fly from Wilmington to Atlanta and on to Burmingham for $148 round trip - and I WANT to go to Dothan, AL. So, why do I need this hub with the massive amounts of flights?

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