Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
FAA - Air Traffic by the Numbers
211200 + approx 7600 Commercial Aircraft = 218800 divided by 14000 ATC = 15.6 aircraft per US ATC
BITRE report
22265 aircraft in Aus divided by 1000 ATC = 22.3 aircraft per AUS ATC
FAA- Air Traffic by the Numbers
16405000 flights a year = 45000 flights per day divided by 14000 ATC = 3.2 flights per US ATC per day
Airservices - by the numbers
4000000 flights a year = 11000 flights per day divided by 1000 ATC = 11 flights per AUS ATC per day
FAA Budget requests 2021
FAA Operations $11 Billion USD.(Air Traffic $8.2 Billion USD)
This is where the argument falls down. That "proven safe US system" needs 14 times more ATC and a ton of money to make it work. It's utter BS that our system can be like theirs for "no cost".
I'd be very wary comparing FAA Air Traffic by the Numbers with Airservices by the numbers. I understand that the FAA figures are for aircraft filed as IFR (or Special VFR) arrivals and departures plus overflights and oceanic flights. The ASA figures include circuit traffic at
GAAP Metro D Towers.
We aren't comparing apples with apples, grapes and watermelons anyone.
I agree that there is a cost to make "our" system like "their" system, I don't think anyone who is honest and transparent is suggesting otherwise.