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Subject: Re: Planes forced to circle while controller takes a dump Posted on: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:20:52 PDT


"bdl" wrote in message
news:1176390507.963216.15540@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Why couldn't they close the tower (by NOTAM/ATIS) reverting the Class
> D airspace to uncontrolled, then he could have taken off or landed or
> whatever without needing a clearance.
>

Airspace is established by legal action, closing the tower within the
published operating hours does not change the airspace. The regs use the
phrase "operational control tower", if you don't have a control tower
operator in the control tower you don't have an operational control tower.