ATC
Operators to ‘share the pain’ in gridlock plan
After meeting with industry representatives over several days in early March, the FAA launched a new ATC plan designed to head
off gridlock by “shari

After meeting with industry representatives over several days in early March, the FAA launched a new ATC plan designed to head
off gridlock by “sharing the pain” around choke points such as New York, Chicago and Atlanta.

A basic tenet of the plan is to spread shorter delays around a wider area so that longer delays of 90 minutes or more do not build up at highly congested airports, sending ripples through the entire National Airspace System (NAS).

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