| Our Airports have excess capacity, which is | | | | served and their hands are tied behind their |
| not being used due to the fact that many | | | | backs with mandates from the DOT, Congress, |
| airliners sit during the nighttime and fly | | | | EPA, Homeland Security, it is amazing they |
| during the day. This is only one problem we | | | | are still able to even function.Airports are |
| have that can be solved through better | | | | an integral part of our transportation |
| optimization. You can go to any large airport | | | | system. Many Airports have become great |
| in this country and see how few aircraft are | | | | transportation hubs as needed by the patrons |
| taking off in the middle of the night.This is | | | | who frequent them. Chicago, Newark, |
| a problem at Airports, where aircraft are | | | | LaGuardia, Reagan, San Francisco, Hawaii, |
| usually parked in the middle of the night and | | | | PHX, and many others have figured out how to |
| fewer and fewer red eye flights these days. | | | | move people in and out quickly and connecting |
| Most of this is due to competition of the low | | | | them to the desired ground transportation. |
| fair airlines. It would be good if we could | | | | Likewise those which are in close proximity |
| figure out a way to use these resources | | | | to bus-train stations hubs or have |
| better.There is tremendous growth at our | | | | incorporated them into the overall plan seem |
| airports for instance Dallas, Las Vegas, | | | | to really do well for the traveling public. |
| Atlanta, San Francisco, LAX, etc. And many | | | | Trams, which go from the airport to downtown |
| other smaller airports Akron/Canton, Long | | | | or to the bus or train terminals and parking |
| Beach, Flint Michigan, etc. are seeing | | | | structures for rent-a-cars, really serve |
| incredible growth. The FAA is in need of less | | | | there nearby cities well. This brings in |
| regulation from other bureaucracies to do its | | | | business to the cities and completes the |
| job as well as some privatization. The EPA | | | | transportation loop. Economic Development |
| routinely withholds monies to airports until | | | | Associations, which work closely with their |
| they comply with NPDES permits with EPA and | | | | airports will often are able to encompass the |
| will withhold funds or add in those costs in | | | | needs of the people, businesses and |
| their funding as mandates. The problem is | | | | government into a seamless.We must keep the |
| that first you need to expand the airport and | | | | bureaucracy away from the entrepreneurial |
| thus increase revenues then you can solve | | | | spirit and those who work in the Aviation and |
| these other issues. Having been around | | | | Transportation Industry so they can |
| airports all my life and discussing things | | | | streamline the system and find efficiencies |
| with small, medium and large Airport Managers | | | | in the flow of air travel. Think about it. |
| and Executives their issues are not being | | | | |