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Old Feb 21, 2017 | 8:15 am
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That's a little bit of a flip in attribution. The ATC traffic management program only comes into play when there is a weather reason, so the weather is still the root cause of it and ATC is not to "blame". In fact, their actions mitigate the effects of weather related disruptions. What would planes be doing if the traffic management program weren't in place? Circling for hours?
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