http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandid ... M320081222
Since that bone-headed slot auction scheme was blocked in court, the DOT is trying to cut LGA flights anyways. They're asking carriers to "voluntarily" reduce their operations to total 71 movements an hour instead of the current 75.
Not sure if it's going to affect things that much because LGA flights have been drastically reduced the last two years anyways. Operations are down 10% this year alone. So, I don't even think we see 75 (or 71, for that matter) movements an hour at LGA these days, so how much good can this do? Besides, it's only supposed to last until October, 2009.
Towards the end of the article, the DOT says that one airline strongly backs this. I heard it was AA. They drastically reduced flights into LGA anyways and have been begging the FAA to retire those slots.
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