Article: Concerned Aviation Industry Leaders Volunteer to Examine Serious Defects Of The Proposed O'Hare Expansion; Former FAA Senior Executive Flunks O'Hare Modernization Plan.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago's plan to expand O'Hare International Airport -- the most complex and controversial airport development issue in civil aviation today -- is so fundamentally flawed that it should be scrapped, the former acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration said today.

"Chicago's plan is in serious trouble. It will cost too much, will not produce the claimed benefits and will fail to meet FAA safety standards," said Joseph Del Balzo, who served as acting administrator at the FAA in 1994. The O'Hare plan would not just fail to reduce delays, but would actually increase them at the nation's most pivotal airport, he ...

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