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Old 11-16-2007, 10:50 AM
PaulC PaulC is offline
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
All airlines have a fixed number of aircraft.

By definition, every one of these aircraft flies every single day, unless it's in for scheduled maintenance. None of the serviceable aircraft are parked. The are all put into service because any revenue is better than no revenue.

On the holidays, there are no additional aircraft to be utilized. The same number of aircraft exist on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving as exist today.

Therefore, the routes that are flown by the various aircraft are not "more crowded" during a holiday, and the suggestion that military airways will help alleviate overcrowding is preposterous.

But, truthfully, what would you expect from GWB........except more stupidity?
I tend to agree with you on this, and was prepared to say that the only variable would be private plane traffic, but then realized that they typically fly at a lower altitude than commercial airliners. As such, I must reluctantly concur that our esteemed President is indeed...a moron.
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