Federal Aviation Administration airspace redesign and congestion management / Sidney R. Rothman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rothman, Sidney R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Aviation Administration.

United States.

Air traffic control--Technological innovations--United States.

Air traffic control.

Air traffic control--Government policy--United States.

Air traffic capacity--United States.

Air traffic capacity.

Airport capacity--United States.

Airport capacity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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Contents:

Intro

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRSPACE REDESIGN AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIRSPACE REDESIGN:AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY/PHILADELPHIA PROJECT

Why GAO Did This Study

What GAO Recommends

What GAO Found

RESULTS IN BRIEF

BACKGROUND

FAA COMPLIED WITH KEY LEGAL REQUIREMENTS IN CONDUCTING ITS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THE REGIONAL AIRSPACE REDESIGN

FAA's Statement of Purpose and Need Complied with Requirements

FAA's Range and Evaluation of Alternatives Complied with Requirements

FAA's Decision Not to Consider Environmental Effects of the Potential Growth Inducement Resulting from Airspace Redesign Complied with Requirements

FAA Complied with Public Participation Requirements

FAA Complied with Environmental Justice Directives

METHODOLOGY USED TO ASSESS KEY IMPACTS WAS REASONABLE, HOWEVER ADDITIONAL ANALYSES COULD HAVE BENEFITED DECISION MAKING AND THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING

Methodology Used to Assess Operational and Noise Impacts Was Reasonable

Process

Contractors

Modeling tools

Data

Metrics

Our Review Identified Limitations, Which Had They been Addressed, Would Have Provided More Comprehensive Information for Decision Makers and the Public

FAA did not Account for the Potential Effect of Delay Reductions and Operating Costs Savings on Passengers and Airline Traffic

FAA Did Not Fully Account for Future Use of New Technology in the Noise Analysis

FAA did not Assess the Effect of Noise Using Supplemental Noise Metrics

FAA did not Fully Assess Uncertainty Associated with Estimated Impacts of the Alternatives

FAA did not Analyze Economic Impacts when Evaluating the Alternatives

Implementation costs

Other economic impacts.

Uncertainty Analyses and Benefit-Cost Analyses Could Benefit Decision Makers and the Public

Uncertainty Analysis would Provide Information on the Range of the Redesign's Impacts

Benefit-Cost Analysis would Provide Information on Whether Estimated Benefits Outweigh Estimated Costs

LACK OF DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME FRAMES AND COSTS

Lack of Detailed Implementation Plan Raises Questions on FAA Meeting Its 5-Year Completion Goal

Final Project Configuration and Costs Are Unknown

An Adaptive Management Strategy May Help FAA Successfully Evaluate the Implementation of the Redesign

CONCLUSIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION

APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY

APPENDIX II: FAA'S LEGAL COMPLIANCE WITH KEY NEPA REQUIREMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DIRECTIVES

Issues and Analysis

1. Was FAA's purpose and need statement reasonable?

NEPA Requirements

FAA Actions

Analysis

2. Did FAA develop a reasonable range of alternatives to the proposed redesign and rigorously explore those alternatives in the EIS?

3. Did FAA Reasonably Decide not to Analyze Environmental Effects of the Potential Growth Resulting from its Airspace Redesign?

4. Did FAA Reasonably Involve the Public in the Environmental Review Process?

5. Did FAA Reasonably Consider Environmental Justice Issues In Its Environmental Review Process?

Executive Order 12898 and Other Requirements

APPENDIX III: OPERATIONAL COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES

APPENDIX IV: SUMMARY OF THE INTEGRATED AIRSPACE ALTERNATIVE WITH ICC

APPENDIX V: COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

END NOTES.

AVIATION CONGESTION AND DELAY: SYSTEM-WIDE AND NEW YORK-AREA ISSUES

SUMMARY

AVIATION CONGESTION AND DELAY: SYSTEM-WIDE AND NEW YORK-AREA ISSUES

AIR CARRIER DELAY TRENDS

CAUSES OF AIR CARRIER DELAYS

Airline Scheduling and Equipage

Constraints on Airport and Air Traffic Control System Capacity

Business Jets and Other High-Performance General Aviation Aircraft Operations

SOME POSSIBLE NEAR-TERM REMEDIES FOR REDUCING AIR TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND MITIGATING DELAYS

Airspace Redesign

Opening of Military Airspace to Civilian Air Traffic

Ground Delay and Airspace Flow Programs and Other Congestion Management Tools

Technology and Procedural Changes

Airline Upgauging

DEMAND MANAGEMENT: SLOT CONTROLS AND CONGESTION PRICING

Slot Controls

Antitrust Immunity

Congestion Pricing/Peak Period Pricing

Aviation Infrastructure Pricing

U.S. and Non-U.S. Experience With Congestion Pricing

New York

Boston

London

Issues

Fee Setting

Fee Setting and Use Issues

Alternative Fee Mechanisms

LEGAL ISSUES

Federal Aviation Laws

Airport's Proprietary Powers

Previous Attempts to Impose "Congestion Pricing" Mechanisms

New York's LaGuardia Airport

Boston's Logan International Airport

Potential Legal Issues Should FAA Impose Congestion Pricing

END NOTES

STATEMENT OF JAMES C. MAY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

INTRODUCTION

DOT CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS IGNORE REALITY

DOT Congestion Management Proposals

Weather, Not Air Carrier Schedules, Causes Delay

New York Airspace Has Significant Non-Air Carrier Jet Traffic That Contributes to Congestion

DOT AUCTON AND CONGESTION PRICING PROPOSALS ARE UNLAWFUL

AUCTIONS AND CONGESTION PRICING WILL NOT REDUCE CONGESTION OR DELAYS, AND ARE FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS.

Auctions

Congestion Pricing

FAA HAS THE TOOLS: AIRSPACE REDESIGN, NEXTGEN AND THE ARC CAPACITY ENHANCING MEASURES

NOW, MORE THAN EVER, DO NO HARM

CONCLUSION

TESTIMONY OF MR. DOUGLAS E. LAVIN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE'S SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

A SHORT HISTORY OF DOT'S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CONGESTION IN NEW YORK

DISCUSSION

1. Reduce Congestion

2. Allocation of Scarce Resources

3. Minimizing Disruption Associated with Implementing Suggestions

TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM R. DECOTA BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION REGARDING CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW YORK AIRSPACE

Auctions Are Not the Solution

Gates and Terminal Facilities Are Not Interchangeable

TESTIMONY OF EDWARD P. FABERMAN, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION REGARDING "CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW YORK AIRSPACE"

THIS STATEMENT DESCRIBED CONDITIONS IN 1968!!

TESTIMONY OF CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SHAYS "CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW YORK AIRSPACE" SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

INADEQUATE NOISE MITIGATION STRATEGIES

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO) STUDY

OTHER CONGESTION MITIGATION STRATEGIES

Growing Opposition

UNITED STATES SENATOR CHARLES E. SCHUMER, REMARKS AS PREPARED, HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION: CONGESTION MANAGEMENT IN THE NEW YORK AIRSPACE

STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE D.J. GRIBBIN, BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION CONCERNING AVIATION CONGESTION MANAGEMENT.

INTRODUCTION

Status of the Industry

LaGuardia/JFK/Newark Background

Are There Alternatives to Caps and Auctions?

Expanded Capacity

Administrative Allocation

Market-Based Remedies

Why Caps Must Be Combined with Auctions - and How It Will Result in Lower Fares

What Have We Proposed?

CHAPTER SOURCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61209-407-4

OCLC:

923660445