Originally Posted by
George Glass
... It fails in its primary mission of moving people from point A to B. It is at its absolute limit now and unless something radical is done soon its all downhill from here.
This is where you’re going wrong and why you’re so frustrated.
The primary mission of the system in Australia is to generate revenue for Airservices and generate profit for the owners of the airports. There is no financial incentive for Airservices or the airport owners to run it any differently, or to instal the runways or technology or to pushback on the politically-determined runway allocations at Sydney, so that the not unusual weather phenomena called “fog” and “wind” wouldn’t throw almost the entirety of the airways into chronic delay.
The frustration of and costs to punters is a mere externality and of little relevance when they continue to line up - sheep like - to pay for more.
Rated De nailed it @ #54.