Word: takeoffs
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...first proposal involves charging airlines s hefty fee (around $1,000 per takeoff) to leave at prime time (like 5 p.m.) Airlines claim this will just raise ticket prices and will dissuade people from flying. Of course, we all know that if high fares actually served as a deterrent, there wouldn't be 700 million people flying today - and we wouldn't have congestion in the first place...
...Orbitz was recently cleared for takeoff by the Department of Transportation. But the progress of Southwest's suit will be closely watched by the Department of Justice and more than two dozen state attorneys general across the country who currently have Orbitz on their anti-trust radar screens...
...proportionately less space and time in crowded airports; encouraging, or forcing, use of secondary airports; gagging members of Congress who insist on nonstop, cheap flights from Podunk to Major Metropolis; and even (anti-government types should skip this part) reinstitution by the FAA of slots (that is, landing and takeoff rights) at the most delayed airports...
This is real. What do I think can happen? None of my worst-case scenarios seem very likely. And if we do run into trouble, there are tons of airports below for an emergency landing. We'll be O.K. Perfect takeoff to the south over Boston Harbor, and then bank slightly right toward home. Level off at 16,000 ft. I hear the crackle of the intercom. The pilot says it'll be a smooth flight. Safety-belt sign is turned off. I love his voice. I push back my seat and stare out the window...
...This is real. What do I think can happen? None of my worst-case scenarios seem very likely. And if we do run into trouble, there are tons of airports below for an emergency landing. We'll be O.K. Perfect takeoff to the south over Boston Harbor, and then bank slightly right toward home. Level off at 16,000 ft. I hear the crackle of the intercom. The pilot says it'll be a smooth flight. Safety-belt sign is turned off. I love his voice. I push back my seat and stare out the window...