Re: [SFBAeNetwork] Save The Bay phones 6/11-12 re SFO

From: Kirk Lindstrom (KirkLindstrom@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Fri Jun 08 2001 - 06:50:38 PDT


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Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 06:50:38 -0700
From: Kirk Lindstrom <KirkLindstrom@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com>
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Subject: Re: [SFBAeNetwork] Save The Bay phones 6/11-12 re SFO
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What happened to the idea of a high speed train to LA to handle all these short
trips?

Tracy Pierce wrote:

> Peter, thanks for the link to the FAA reports. I've read only the Executive
> Summary so far, but judging from that, the only hope for beating SFO's wish
> to fill the bay is to sell the idea of better airport locations! The FAA
> says new technology could improve poor weather landing rates by 3%. I
> noticed that OAK doesn't even make it onto the list of frequent-delay
> airports (while HON does?!), and OAK sure seems to be a lot more centrally
> located where the bay area at large is concerned, so that would be my
> choice. I wish it were my choice!
>
> Curiously, the concentration of flights near 10:00am is said to be a
> positive thing with benefits mentioned, to the effect of providing
> flexibility. That sure shoots the idea of 'always on time' down the tubes,
> though! So the 'factual numbers' we see in the news are virtually always
> just whatever numbers are needed to support the writer's opinion, right?
>
> Keep up your great work, Peter!
>
> Tracy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
> > [mailto:wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com]On Behalf Of Eyes4Hire@aol.com-DeleteThis.com
> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:37 AM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK
> > Subject: Re: [SFBAeNetwork] Save The Bay phones 6/11-12 re SFO
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 6/7/2001 7:43:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > TPierce@goldengate.org-DeleteThis.com writes:
> >
> > > While the overall hourly landing average looks very nice compared to the
> > > peak foul weather landing rate, that's apples vs oranges. What's the
> peak
> > > landing rate in good weather?
> >
> > For the 15 peak hours the hourly rates run from 19 to 45 with three hours
> > over 40 and 12 hours at 36 or less. It's apples and oranges unless they
> put
> > on some controls to sread the demand out. The airport claims the clear
> > weather capacity for arrivals is 60/hour but FAA found that 50/hour is the
>
> > real world answer.
> >
> > The really interesting issue comes out when you look at 15 minute
> segments.
> > There are 20 planes scheduled to arrive between 9:45 and 10:00 a.m. even
> > though the maximum arrivals is 12.5 per 15 minutes. There is only one
> plane
> > scheduled to arrive between 10:30 and 10:45.
> >
> > The FAA report is available at: http://www.faa.gov/events/benchmarks/

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