Aero-Linx!

Scouring the information super airways can sometimes be a tough, if educational, task for the Aero-News staff... but it also allows us to check out some truly neat and exciting sites, so it's not that bad a gig. On any given day, we may check dozens (and often hundreds) of different sources for story ideas, and facts confirmation. And, as is the nature of our business, much of this is done on the Internet.

The ANN gang decided we probably shouldn't keep some of the neat sites, info resources, and organizations we've discovered to ourselves... so we decided to bring you Aero-Linx. These are the sites that WE check out -- when we need added perspective, a new spin on a day's topic... or just want to escape into cyber-aero-space for awhile.

Look for some of our favorite sites, coming each day to ANN via Aero-Linx. Suggestions for future Aero-Linx segments are always welcome, as well.

Aero Linx: NAS Congestion: Who's To Blame?

The winter 2017 edition of the Journal of Air Traffic Control has an in-depth look at the reasons for congestion in the U.S. National Airspace (NAS).

If ATC is not the root cause of airline delays and airspace/ airport congestion, what is? The answer is the variance created by the airlines’ unmanaged, highly variant “day of ” aircraft flows. The cause is not ATC, airports, runways, airspace, weather, or even airline schedules. The entire report is at the link below.

FMI: www.athgrp.com/NAS%20Congestion%20-%20Journal%20of%20ATC%20Article%20-%20Winter%202017.pdf