Arthur Eisenbrey

Document ID: FAA-2012-0661-0003
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: August 17 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: August 17 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: August 14 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: October 15 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 810e19d2
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Amendments to Class B Airspace: Detroit, MI

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The proposed amendments to the Class B Airspace are not justified by the traffic to and from KDTW. The proposed expansion was initiated prior to the recent and prolonged decrease in commercial traffic into the Detroit Metropolitan International Airport and the very recent significant cancellation of regional service to and from KDTW. The proposed amendments decrease safety in the Detroit metropolitan airspace by unecessarily compressing VFR traffic into the area general aviation airports with lower operating ceilings which will increase the risk of mid-air collisions. The proposed amendments lack service volume justification and decrease regional air traffic safety.