Originally Posted by
haddon90
how often does congress allocate additional slots outside the 1,250 mile limit? i live in old town, and don't see how the noise is any different from the 757, a320, a319 that take off there.
also, if F9 were to liquidate, what would happen to their six slots?
whenever a new and important senator appears on the scene(mccain wanted to fly to phoenix). to avoid the embarrassment of the new person just taking one slot, a group of 4 or 6 are created and go to both parties. Reid/McCain, and Oregon/Washington were 4 of the last 6 as I recall. i don't remember where the other two went.
in the past, slots from dead airlines are reallocated. the decision making of reallocation seems to be very political to me.