This did not age well.....U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National

[1srelluc]

From May, 2024.

U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National, bucking local opponents • Virginia Mercury

U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National despite opposition from Virginia Sens. Kaine and Warner

virginiamercury.com

WASHINGTON — After hours of uncertainty Thursday, the U.S. Senate struck a deal to reauthorize several Federal Aviation Authority programs for the next five years, though Maryland and Virginia senators were vehemently opposed and lawmakers hoping to attach unrelated provisions lost out.

The bill heads to the House next week for final approval. Lawmakers from the lower chamber left Wednesday after approving a one-week extension for the FAA programs that expire Friday night. The Senate also passed the extension.

The late night vote, 88-4, drew resistance from the Democratic senators representing Maryland and Virginia. They held up speedier passage of the bill over objections to a provision that would allow more flights in and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just over the Virginia border from Washington, D.C.

Yes. Biden signed it and additional flights were added to Reagan.

There is a Newsweek article up already drawing a connection between the bill and last night's tragedy: FAA added more flights to Reagan Airport despite collision warnings

Damn, the one instance where Kaine and Warner at least tried looking out for Virginia residents.

 

[odanny]

Vance (R-OH), Yea
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay

 

[martybegan]

From May, 2024.

U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National, bucking local opponents • Virginia Mercury

U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National despite opposition from Virginia Sens. Kaine and Warner

virginiamercury.com

WASHINGTON — After hours of uncertainty Thursday, the U.S. Senate struck a deal to reauthorize several Federal Aviation Authority programs for the next five years, though Maryland and Virginia senators were vehemently opposed and lawmakers hoping to attach unrelated provisions lost out.

The bill heads to the House next week for final approval. Lawmakers from the lower chamber left Wednesday after approving a one-week extension for the FAA programs that expire Friday night. The Senate also passed the extension.

The late night vote, 88-4, drew resistance from the Democratic senators representing Maryland and Virginia. They held up speedier passage of the bill over objections to a provision that would allow more flights in and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just over the Virginia border from Washington, D.C.

Yes. Biden signed it and additional flights were added to Reagan.

There is a Newsweek article up already drawing a connection between the bill and last night's tragedy: FAA added more flights to Reagan Airport despite collision warnings

Damn, the one instance where Kaine and Warner at least tried looking out for Virginia residents.

it wasn't two planes going to the airport hitting each other, it was a plane trying to land and a military Helicopter that isn't part of any traffic limit to RWNA

 

[SweetSue92]

From May, 2024.

U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National, bucking local opponents • Virginia Mercury

U.S. Senate in FAA bill adds flights at Washington National despite opposition from Virginia Sens. Kaine and Warner

virginiamercury.com

WASHINGTON — After hours of uncertainty Thursday, the U.S. Senate struck a deal to reauthorize several Federal Aviation Authority programs for the next five years, though Maryland and Virginia senators were vehemently opposed and lawmakers hoping to attach unrelated provisions lost out.

The bill heads to the House next week for final approval. Lawmakers from the lower chamber left Wednesday after approving a one-week extension for the FAA programs that expire Friday night. The Senate also passed the extension.

The late night vote, 88-4, drew resistance from the Democratic senators representing Maryland and Virginia. They held up speedier passage of the bill over objections to a provision that would allow more flights in and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just over the Virginia border from Washington, D.C.

Yes. Biden signed it and additional flights were added to Reagan.

There is a Newsweek article up already drawing a connection between the bill and last night's tragedy: FAA added more flights to Reagan Airport despite collision warnings

Damn, the one instance where Kaine and Warner at least tried looking out for Virginia residents.

THIS

And I just found an article about FAA being short-staffed from JULY of last year. Who was in office then?

 

[martybegan]

Vance (R-OH), Yea
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay

Meaningless. as I stated above if this were two planes both trying to get to RWNA the increased traffic could be implicated.

But this was a cleared plane with access to the runway all it's own being hit by a helicopter transversing the area, not trying to get to RWNA.

 

[Donald H]

Let's hope that Trump wasn't aboard the helicopter this time!

 

[1srelluc]

Meaningless. as I stated above if this were two planes both trying to get to RWNA the increased traffic could be implicated.

But this was a cleared plane with access to the runway all it's own being hit by a helicopter transversing the area, not trying to get to RWNA.

It's not "meaningless" to the Virginia/MD residents who live around that clusterfuck.....As dem and as retarded they might be.

The one and only reason it's still open to commercial traffic is due to the congress critters wishing to escape DC after their "grueling" work schedule.

If memory serves, they just poured another 2 billion or so into it.....That's a lot of cab rides from the capital to Dulles.

 

[ReinyDays]

Meaningless. as I stated above if this were two planes both trying to get to RWNA the increased traffic could be implicated.

But this was a cleared plane with access to the runway all it's own being hit by a helicopter transversing the area, not trying to get to RWNA.

Why was any aircraft crossing Final Approach on an active runway ... that's nuts ... n ... u ... t ... s ... nuts ...

The helicopter pilot didn't follow directions ... end-of-story ... I counted three commercial jets in on short final ... all with landing lights a-blazin' ...

Training mission my ass ... a gang of bored Army officers playing chicken with jet airliners ... the CO at Fort Belvoir should be court-marshalled ... no excuse for this lapse of discipline ... no reason to be in Bravo Airspace ... except to play chicken ...

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That doesn't mean I don't think our skies are getting too congested ... more flight mean more controllers, more radars, more rules and regulations ... and more close calls ... and more crashes ...

It's not too soon to fix our crowded airways ... in the mean time, let's fight a war with Russia so our combat crews can kill enemies instead of us ...

 

[martybegan]

It's not "meaningless" to the Virginia/MD residents who live around that clusterfuck.....As dem and as retarded they might be.

The one and only reason it's still open to commercial traffic is due to the congress critters wishing to escape DC after their "grueling" work schedule.

If memory serves, they just poured another 2 billion or so into it.....That's a lot of cab rides from the capital to Dulles.

I grew up on the approaches to LGA, and we also got traffic for JFK and Newark. You get used to it.

 

[martybegan]

Why was any aircraft crossing Final Approach on an active runway ... that's nuts ... n ... u ... t ... s ... nuts ...

The helicopter pilot didn't follow directions ... end-of-story ... I counted three commercial jets in on short final ... all with landing lights a-blazin' ...

Training mission my ass ... a gang of bored Army officers playing chicken with jet airliners ... the CO at Fort Belvoir should be court-marshalled ... no excuse for this lapse of discipline ... no reason to be in Bravo Airspace ... except to play chicken ...

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That doesn't mean I don't think our skies are getting too congested ... more flight mean more controllers, more radars, more rules and regulations ... and more close calls ... and more crashes ...

It's not too soon to fix our crowded airways ... in the mean time, let's fight a war with Russia so our combat crews can kill enemies instead of us ...

Yes, the Helicopter probably fucked up, but increased passenger traffic to RWNA is not a contributing factor to that.

 

[1srelluc]

Yes, the Helicopter probably fucked up, but increased passenger traffic to RWNA is not a contributing factor to that.

Which congressional seat do you hold?

 

[martybegan]

Which congressional seat do you hold?

None.

Again I grew up near an airport, with planes overhead all the time. Hell with the right temp/humidity we got air convergence zones where we could hear the planes taxiing on the runways from miles away.

I have relatives that live in a JFK landing path. They knew it going into buying the house.

 

[Dragonlady]

It's not "meaningless" to the Virginia/MD residents who live around that clusterfuck.....As dem and as retarded they might be.

The one and only reason it's still open to commercial traffic is due to the congress critters wishing to escape DC after their "grueling" work schedule.

If memory serves, they just poured another 2 billion or so into it.....That's a lot of cab rides from the capital to Dulles.

The flight from Wichita which crashed was one of the flights they added last year.

The airport was built for 10,000 passengers a day, and they're serving 25,000 per day now.

Trump is still determine to reduce staffing, even as literally dozens of accidents have happened since they first starting firing FAA staff.

 

[ReinyDays]

Only one runway long enough for the bigger jets ... long past time to fill in the Potomac and pour more runways ...