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FAA Sets New Rules at Busiest Airports
Federal air-safety regulators have ordered changes in landing and takeoff procedures at more than a dozen big airports—including six of the 10 busiest U.S. fields—to reduce the hazards of airborne collisions. (online.wsj.com) More...
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can anyone read the entire articel? I was asked for a password
Sorry about that. It didn't ask for login when I first viewed the article. Here's a similar story:
http://consumerist.com/2014/01/21/faa-changes-takeoff-and-landing-rules-at-major-airports-because-collisions-are-bad/
http://consumerist.com/2014/01/21/faa-changes-takeoff-and-landing-rules-at-major-airports-because-collisions-are-bad/
I meant article not articel
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I wonder why ATL was not in that group?
Among the airports currently covered under the new rule are JFK in New York, McCarran in Las Vegas, O’Hare in Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as the airports in Charlotte, Denver, Houston, Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and “a handful of other locations.”
Well, if it's in that "handful of other locations" that's well and good. It just seems that it would be right out there with those other high volume hubs if it was included. As the article says though, when your Captain tells you that "We are # whatever in line for takeoff" that this will just add to that time.
