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...take a hurried glance out the window to check the weather. Just a few stratus clouds. That's O.K. The sound of jet engines drowns me as my virtual airplane heads down the runway. My legs are stiff, and I arch my back in anticipation. No g-force in this simulation. A small break for me. We level off. Sky is still good. I begin to relax. Look around...
...provides on-time stats for individual flights. Finally, make use of the Web to see how the Federal Aviation Administration is reacting to the weather. Seemingly irrelevant thunderstorms in Cleveland may delay your L.A.-to-New York flight because the FAA sometimes orders that flights be held on the runway if delays are building up in the crowded Northeast airspace. You can see what the FAA is looking at by going to its command center's website www.fly.faa.gov...
...Outback As the survivors land on a suspiciously convenient runway, Jeff tells them that "as of right now, you are completely cut off from the outside world." Actually, they're on a 55,000-acre cattle station only a hundred miles or so west of the Queensland coast, over what's known as the Great Dividing Range. Travel another thousand miles or so further west and you'll be in the true center of Australia...
...after 12 months, with 40 members from the DOT inspector general's office working on the case, the diligent watchdogs have their report: Some things, like late-baggage delivery and tending to passengers' essential needs during long on-runway delays, are getting better. But that which irks flyers most - the delays themselves, and the way they're reported to the stranded - are still a big problem...
...Congress needs to streamline the federal approval process, take some authority out of the hands of local and state politicians, and get a major new runway built at every large airport that can physically accommodate it. Big airlines often try to block these projects in order to keep out competitors. Says Allan McArtor, former head of the FAA and CEO of troubled start-up Legend Airlines: "The biggest deterrent to new airport planning is the resistance and political clout of major carriers. Dominant airlines must stop fighting new airport development if the entire system is going to improve...