FAA not making sense

[cheezyflier]

apparently they do not feel that they should disclose the number of birdstrikes that are reported because they fear the information will be misinterpreted. i call B.S. on that one, i think there is some other reason:

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/story?id=7188527&page=1

 

[OBIO]

Yep, more smoke in that article than in a pack of Camel non-filtered cigarettes. Keeping the lid shut on the number of bird strikes will help with the flow of information? That's like saying if you squeeze your knees together it will help you pee better. Pure BS. More likely, the airlines are afraid that if the public knew how many times plane and bird collide that the volume of air travel would decrease and are going behind the curtain to get the FAA to keep quiet about the facts.

OBIO

 

[pied]

After a 20 year career with the FAA, 'making sense' and FAA are two things that shouldn't be used in the same sentance!

PIED

 

[GT182]

After a 20 year career with the FAA, 'making sense' and FAA are two things that shouldn't be used in the same sentance!

PIED

Ive been around the FAA off and on for years, and you are absolutely perfectly correct Pied. Well..... come to think of it, may you should have used "never". And that goes for TSA and thier crap too.

 

[PRB]

Ok, so what’s “the deal” with bird strike data? I read that article, and what I’ve gathering is that: 1) Reporting bird strike incidents to the FAA is voluntary. 2) The FAA would like as many of them to be reported as possible (obviously.) 3) The FAA thinks that if they release those reports, airlines will be reluctant to continue to make such reports.
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I don’t get that. Why would airlines not want bird strike reports that they make to the FAA to be made public? Could it be that the airlines think us cattle (er, I mean sardines, um, I meant to say us passengers) will look at these reports and be less inclined to fly on Delta because they had more bird strikes than US Air? That seems like a stretch.
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I’m confused.

 

[cheezyflier]

i agree. to openly say that the public is incapable of properly anylizing the data is more than a little patronizing. any fool with a 3rd grade education should be able to factor in for the variables like being in a migratory path, heavy traffic, etc.

 

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

...to openly say that the public is incapable of properly anylizing the data is more than a little patronizing...

It is this assumption that fundamentally justifies the the amount flow of information out of government at all levels and simultaneously justifies government increasing it's power and decision-making authority.

Remember the line from the movie A few Good Men Jack Nicholson says "you can't handle the truth". Almost as classic as Michael Douglas in Wall Street "Greed is right, Greed Works".

Given that an airliner had to land in the Hudson River due to bird strikes and the emphasis on getting the economy going of course there is huge concern about reporting anything that might reduce travel and profitability.

-Ed-

 

[cheezyflier]

Given that an airliner had to land in the Hudson River due to bird strikes and the emphasis on getting the economy going of course there is huge concern about reporting anything that might reduce travel and profitability.

-Ed-

have you seen ticket prices? for what they are STILL charging, who can afford to fly anymore? who really wants to now that it's become highly inconvienient, and nearly every ammenity has been cut? one airline now charges to use the crapper! when i go back to the states, i will

a) go amtrack (28 hour trip)
b) drive (10 hours if you do the speed limit)
c) go greyhound (it's actually faster than the train)

i won't be flying, considering a 500 mile flight from toronto to philly
(with a stop over in detroit) is over $320 on nwa, booked over a month in advance.

 

[luckydog]

A round trip from RDU to Austin cost me slightly over $400...(American).
(I'm still in Austin). I don't think that's too bad !!