Controllers don't have the authority to make you change your
route or altitude to avoid dangerous weather. Their job is to keep
you from running into other IFR airplanes. Anything else is just
advisory... and you are pilot-in-command.
"This has been a long and sometimes difficult process, and we
are pleased to finally be at a point where this project can now
become a reality."
Source: St. George, UT Mayor Dan McArthur, on
the FAA giving its final approval Monday for the city to start
construction of an oft-delayed new airport to replace the city's
current facility.
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