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The state of the Airline system world wide is definetly taxed. With the current administration in the United States a confrontational approach to the Air Traffic Control system and the people who make it run is as bad as when I was a PATCO controller in 1981. That aspect of the problem doesn't look good now. The FAA is famous for being very bad at employing new technology. The United States system will not restrict the Airlines and the use of RJ's simply because the business's would scream bloody murder at the administration. Part of the solution is to build more runways. And that is very dificult as well. Traveling at off peak times both seasonal and daily adjustments are one solution but in reality the long term solution is more government control and more airports. Las Vegas is way ahead of most metro areas and they are already planning a new airport and and are planning some other major changes as well. Things will get worse before they get better.
