getting worse? Are the newer planes less able to stand the rough weather than the planes of the

past? Maybe travelers just complain more What is the reason for the 70% increase in flight

delays and 23% increase in cancellations blamed on the weather since 1978? Are the airlines just

using weather as a catch all to cover other problems and keep themselves covered under the

statemeant "you cant control the weather". I will attempt to answer these questions along with a

few others in this report but, the question that cannot be escaped from beginning to the end seems

to be Is the weathe rreally that bad?"

Let's start with why have the flight delays increased so much since 1978.It all seemed like a

good idea at the time, and for many, it still is one of a short list of good ideas to come from the

Federal Government Airline Deregulation . This allowed for more competion between airlines in

more ways than ever before not only could they compete for customers on strictly a customer

service stand point but also for the price of fares and the amount flights offered to the more

popular destinations. Up until this "DEREGULATION",

number topped 650 million. All other factors being equal this would result in more passengers

they stand in the terminal at JFK in New York looking at clear blue sky out the window and

to airlines getting the go ahead run to take off on routes with trouble along the airways. One

the Continental US wont have a plane when they arrive at the airport in the morning or a hotel

Our final question is one that has caused much debate from the world's leading scientist

airline industry standard to little ramp space, to little tarmac, and not enough room at the

passengers sit and wait. Even after the storms clear Flight "A" is a long way from off the ground

room to go back to as their vacation is undoubtedly over.

Now comes the next question. Are many of todays airports inadequate?Thats usually an

even par with with the new hi-tech jets they track. Second airways can and should be widened to

unexplained warming the south Pacific ocean occurring at irregular intervals between two and

Some common words found in the essay are:
South Pacific, System Center, Control Systems, Greenhouse Effect, Flight Afinally, Hartsfield Airport, Weather Delays, War NASA, Weather Channel, Department Transportation, air traffic, traffic control, air traffic control, traffic control system, control system, crew flight, south pacific, federal government, simply fly, flight crews, system center, control system center, warming tropical waters, traffic control systems, warming tropical,
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