ATH Group: Airlines Cause Delays, Not Controllers
Airlines need to partner with controllers to improve sequencing of aircraft, ATH Group's Michael Baiada writes in an ATCA journal.
According to R. Michael Baiada of the ATH Group, ATC privatization and FAA NextGen efforts won't solve air traffic delays. Instead, airlines need to partner with ATC to identify the most efficient sequence, which he believes will reduce air traffic gridlock. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)
According to R. Michael Baiada of the ATH Group, ATC privatization and FAA NextGen efforts won't solve air traffic delays. Instead, airlines need to partner with ATC to identify the most efficient sequence, which he believes will reduce air traffic gridlock. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)

A recent article in the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) journal questions those who put the blame for airline delays and congestion on controllers, instead expressing the belief that it comes from the airlines' unmanaged, highly variant "day of" aircraft flows. Published in the winter edition of the Journal of Air Traffic Control and authored by R. Michael Baiada of the ATH Group, the article, “NAS Congestion-Who’s to Blame,” postulates that the ATC system has little to do with air traffic congestion since it only plays with the hand dealt by airlines. ATC is responsible for aircraft separation, he said, and “controllers do a fantastic job” in this regard.


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