N519AT
Ahh! This is how I change this!
State College actually has a part time tower now. It's staying open.
CNN: Tower Closures
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State College actually has a part time tower now. It's staying open.
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
At least in LAL (never flown into Oshkosh), it's crazy nuts ALL DAY during Sun N Fun. They've got guys with handhelds by the lakes managing holding patterns to release guys to fly a strobe light arrival to the airport. Then they land three at a time on the taxiway since the runway is covered with static aircraft displays. And it's like that all week. AOPA day? Forget it, man. It's a zoo.
Now, the rest of the year, it's pretty sleepy over there.
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
Ah, cool. It's been a couple of years since I flew in there.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
I can't wait to go to San Flowcisco again!
ljg
Well-Known Member
Awesome:
If I'm understanding correctly:
The FAA decided to close 170'ish NFCT's, which will place additional burdens on the TRACONs to generate IFR clearances and close IFR flight plans, especially if guys cancel at the gate. The already overworked TRACONS will have increased workload coupled with additional mandatory staff furloughs.
Sounds like a great plan!
Bernoulli Fan
Controller
ljg
Well-Known Member
Fair point. Anybody else believe user fees are an equitable solution?
chrisreedrules
Master Blaster
CRG and VQQ are staying open apparently... We lost SGJ though.
genot
Well-Known Member
Not really the issue at hand though. The aviation system fully funds itself through existing taxes. Essentially what happened was all departments and agencies were told to slash all budgets by a certain amount once sequester went into effect without giving those agencies and departments the discretion to determine where to trim the budget.
Recent developments have given certain agencies the discretion to avoid cuts in the main workforce if they cut the same dollar amount in another way. TSA agents, FDA meat inspectors and prison guards have been most notably exempt. Senator Moran (SP?) was shut down on introducing an amendment allowing the DOT to cut funds at their discretion.
Your assessment of the situation however is spot on.
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Would this be the wrong time to bring up that even if the sequester were made permanent, we'd still be totally, irretrievably broke and headed for a rather rapid introduction to fun of the Third World? If you think this is bad, wait till you see Sovereign Default.
PeanuckleCRJ
Poodle Wrangler
This should put these "massive cuts" into perspective... (and also how much GWB and Obama have sucked along with the congresses at the time)
Seggy
Well-Known Member
Before people say I am 'trolling', 'Sovereign Default' has occurred in the USA before...
ozziecat35
4 out of 5 great lakes prefer Michigan.
DPA & ARR were on the chopping block here in Chicago, but luckily they're going to stay open...I knocked around the pattern @ DPA for an hour working on Power Off 180's and it was insane...If there were no controllers, I'm fairly sure a mid-air would have occurred.
Brian29
Well-Known Member
Yes, let's create another bloated government bureaucracy the will spend 2 dollars for every dollar it collects.
