FAA has anything to do with planning roadways to and from LAX? ----------------------------------------
*From: *Jack Keady via Mifnet <[email protected]> *To: *[email protected] *CC: *Jack Keady <[email protected]> *Date: *2025-11-18T20:28:35Z *Subject: *[Mifnet 🛰 74741] Re: re controllers - name names > Doug wrote:  Yes, at least in the eyes of FAA officials who proposed and > followed through on the move. > > Keady replies: and these same officials then came to LAX where they planned > a billion dollar incomprehensible readway rework ...and in time for the > Olympics > > > *Port Authority plans LaGuardia, Newark terminal rebuilds* > > > The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled a 10-year capital > development proposal with $20.7 billion in airport projects, including > reconstructing a terminal at both New York LaGuardia (LGA) and Newark Liberty > International (EWR) airports. The proposal for capital projects, now open to > public comment, is a follow-up to the Port Authority’s 2017-25 capital plan > that yielded a series of airport revamps. These include soon-to-open > Terminals 1 and 6 at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), a > new Terminal A at EWR and rebuilds of two terminals at LGA. *Aaron > Karp/Aviation > Week[https://ytezitcab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Jls9FhLnok5tUd5WFYYP3CmrTSAp8PWWvuPES-VY-7GWROafTrOmC3azclNaDRyJKB39a5V_H8UmZNTBzImH7H3g2NFkvld8Ru2LunIc7rPIczK2fCh46ECLHP0Bz_oiz-_4PNRhoduOs-q__l-hKjkYblFEeRZGYXjqnHy3kZDxBK5bqDNkJCO6Oey6HntDKqv0eQJ9KVKONUqfmRHlaU-U_hCXO2Yr2iyryKh2X3CMjekgI97kd_7XI9cNxx6zHdZ1XE5-iH_buXk0_7xODQ==&c=J6Uour5JHMVOa224WDNDTwu15Ogr7RAwJinjI6palqIpE0d19iKkcA==&ch=ch7jqdFGTIpGWfocwzO5UvN5BWCwhuWec2czK4upGkzIrJKhCvvSVA==]* > > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM Doug Church via Mifnet > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, at least in the eyes of FAA officials who proposed and followed through >> on the move. >> >> New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON, N90) was one of the lowest >> staffed (by percentage of what they had vs. what they should have had for >> full staffing) facilities for the last 20 years. Very hard to staff because >> of its well-deserved reputation as very tough for transferring controllers >> to successfully train and certify at, largely because of the complexity of >> the airspace. Also, it's a high cost of living area and there was no >> congressional appetite to build a new facility away from Long Island or >> combine it with the other large FAA facility on Long Island, the New York >> Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). >> >> According to the FAA, Philadelphia offered advantages for relocating the >> Newark area of N90, including improved efficiency and a lower cost of living. >> >> -Doug Church >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM Jack Keady via Mifnet >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> keady - was there a good reason for making this move anyway? >>> >>> >>> *Newark air traffic controllers will stay in Philadelphia for 2 more years, >>> FAA says* >>> >>> >>> More than one year ago, the Federal Aviation Administration relocated more >>> than a dozen New York-based air traffic controllers to Philadelphia, where >>> they continue to handle flights into and out of Newark Liberty >>> International Airport. The FAA said Monday it is now asking the New Jersey >>> air traffic controllers to stay in Philadelphia for two more years as it >>> tries to improve staffing levels. Last year, a CBS News New York >>> investigation revealed the move caused 817 flight delays at Newark within >>> the first two weeks. _*Tim McNicholas/CBS New >>> York[https://ytezitcab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Jls9FhLnok5tUd5WFYYP3CmrTSAp8PWWvuPES-VY-7GWROafTrOmC3azclNaDRyJcc8tlhZ5Da_MyhQCPY2OmIfa5qKv3dNtrJgN37QUJNsud1YIwvDCZkblSN0mLVVsvZKvXeqacM7XGnjkur7VI3lFrI6fW8Y9NE_MzsQisxJGfXxt-KCWvS-x8WFo5s6fTZEHYd4mUv8vXgMAQmWMxCJI4qwQXTD35ZLbmZNI5RYMpKwsZGy2jNc8hSGe9ya8&c=J6Uour5JHMVOa224WDNDTwu15Ogr7RAwJinjI6palqIpE0d19iKkcA==&ch=ch7jqdFGTIpGWfocwzO5UvN5BWCwhuWec2czK4upGkzIrJKhCvvSVA==]*_ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Newark air traffic controllers will stay in Philadelphia for 2 more >>> year...* >>> >>> The FAA says it is asking Newark air traffic controllers to stay in >>> Philadelphia for two more years as it tries ... >>> >>> [https://ytezitcab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Jls9FhLnok5tUd5WFYYP3CmrTSAp8PWWvuPES-VY-7GWROafTrOmC3azclNaDRyJcc8tlhZ5Da_MyhQCPY2OmIfa5qKv3dNtrJgN37QUJNsud1YIwvDCZkblSN0mLVVsvZKvXeqacM7XGnjkur7VI3lFrI6fW8Y9NE_MzsQisxJGfXxt-KCWvS-x8WFo5s6fTZEHYd4mUv8vXgMAQmWMxCJI4qwQXTD35ZLbmZNI5RYMpKwsZGy2jNc8hSGe9ya8&c=J6Uour5JHMVOa224WDNDTwu15Ogr7RAwJinjI6palqIpE0d19iKkcA==&ch=ch7jqdFGTIpGWfocwzO5UvN5BWCwhuWec2czK4upGkzIrJKhCvvSVA==] >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Revised: 20250507 >>> >>> You are receiving The Mifnet because you requested to join this list. >>> >>> The Mifnet is largely a labor of love, however the infrastructure isn't >>> exactly cost-free. 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