Regulations and Government
Outgoing Administrator urges focus on funding
In her final speech before the Washington Aero Club last month, former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey chided the airlines for causing most of their own de

In her final speech before the Washington Aero Club last month, former FAA Administrator Marion Blakey chided the airlines for causing most of their own delay problems with flight schedules that “are at times out of line with reality.”

In her fifth appearance at the club she said, “Passengers are growing weary of schedules that aren’t worth the electrons they’re printed on. And if the airlines don’t address this voluntarily, don’t be surprised when the government steps in.” She added, “Drawing down the schedule at Chicago was not my happiest hour, but it could come to that on the East Coast as well.”