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.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Controllers do not feel prepared to add this new workload to their already overstretched limits. What we have now, courtesy of the FAA, are all the ingredients for an aviation catastrophe and it both saddens and infuriates me. The men and women who actually know something about air traffic control in these regions -- the controllers -- were unceremoniously shoved to the side by the FAA and DOT on this initiative while foolish decisions were made in their absence."

Source: Patrick Forrey, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, hours after the announcement of new procedures to be put in place by the government to combat flight delays and congestion along the East Coast of the United States. New departure procedures and route changes in New York and Philadelphia airspace went into effect moments after the new plan was announced.

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.dot.gov, www.natca.org