NYC politicos want controlled airspace for safety

[CitationXDriver]

NYC politicos want all VFR fixed-wing talking to ATC for safety

Just read FAA will now require all fixed-wing VFR traffic in NYC corridor to be talking to ATC. Obviously the result of all the ill informed politicians screaming for something to be done in order to make themselves look useful for the constituents, including that genius Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y, who compared flying in that area to the "wild wild west". Guess I should have been bringing my sixgun to the east coast with me. Funny thing is, didn't Fuhrer DICK "My Way or the Highway" Daley claim that destroying Meigs, and its accompying controlled airspace, made the city safer. Interesting how that works..........can anyone say Second City??

 

[gkrangers]

Another general aviation treasure lost.

Thanks Cory.

 

[SDCFI]

Makes sense, because talking to ATC is the first thing you do in an emergency right? And I'm sure if Lidle had just keyed the mike to talk his plane would have magically righted itself. Does the FAA not care that adding to the frequency congestion and controller workload in an already saturated NY airspace will probably increase the risk of another accident? The FAA needs to grow some cajones and tell the knee-jerk politicians that they know how to run their airspace and trying to fix something that ain't broke is only going to cause problems down the line.

 

[FN FAL]

Another general aviation treasure lost.

Thanks Cory.

Maybe pilots should work toward getting general aviation treasures legally defined as national parks. That way when some jerk ass comes up some kind of crap like Meigs or this deal, general aviation can whip out the law and a nice warm cup of shut the frankfurter up.

 

[YourNameHere]

The NOTAM covers just the East River Exclusion Area. There have been no changes in flight rules in the Hudson River corridor so far. It remains open to fixed wing aircraft below 1,100 feet, no ATC contact required. The East River corridor was a bit too narrow for comfort. If you weren't going all the way through with a class B clearance from LGA tower, you would have to make a tight 180 in a very narrow area.

 

[TrafficInSight]

How much different is it really going to be?

"NY approach Cessna 12345 east river corridor."

"Uh... roger, let us know when you leave."

 

[gkrangers]

Its just an inconvienience to controller and pilot. Its kind of a busy frequency.

 

[Princedietrich]

Here's what usually happens from the FAA perspective in situations like this. Please note, the following steps usually happen over a long period of time.

1. FAA identifies a potential problem and proposes a way to fix it.
2. Lobbyists, GA advocates, and elected officials tell the FAA why they are NOT going to be allowed to implement these fixes because there isn't a problem.
3. The FAA tries to implement the fixes anyway in the interest of safety but the fixes are blocked and shot down.
4. The previously identified problem shows itself and someone dies, bonus points if it's someone famous.
5. Lobbyists, FA advocates, and elected officials scream at the FAA for not fixing the problem.
6. FAA implements the same fixes they attempted before, only this time it's being demanded of them.