Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"You can have all the concrete you want -- it's when you're up in the air that you have a space problem."

Source: David Castelveter, spokesman for the Air Transport Association, in a recent interview with The New York Times regarding flight delays... and the forces behind them. Contrary to ATA's position, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association President Phil Boyer says a lack of runway and taxiway space throughout the nation's airports -- and the airlines' propensity to schedule more arrivals and departures within a set amount of time than those surfaces can handle -- are behind the delays... not a lack of airspace.

FMI: www.aopa.org, www.airlines.org