Yes I did, sorry! But who is to blame then? Why wasn't they scrambled in time. I read many books/reports about 9/11 and funny enough I don't believe the whole truth coming from the officiel side (Bush admin.)
My personal opinion, there's a little bit of blame to attach to a dozen different organizations and perhaps a hundred individuals. And so much spin involved that none of us will ever really know the truth, except that some madmen did something unthinkable.
US is a member of ICAO right? So why don't you follow the rules laid down by ICAO like everyone else around the globe? I still don't get it. Americans (pilot and controllers) RTF are sluppy and at times dangerous. What wrong with a standard RTF? And procedures?
I'm afraid you're asking the wrong person here. I'm not even familiar enough with the ICAO handbook to make an educated guess about what those changes might do to our system. All I'm saying is that my employer demands that I follow the U.S. 7110.65, and a few other 7000 series manuals, nothing else. To change that, you'll have to convince the FAA, ALPA, AOPA, EAA, ATA, NBAA, and dozen or so other lobby groups. There's still a few folks over here grousing about METARS...
