[Scan-DC] flight paths

[Steve Rigby]

  In response to a posting about a week ago about someone who 
spotted an aircraft that appeared to be flying over restricted
space, something that the reporter had never before witnessed, I
mentioned that since 09/11 I had noted that aircraft approaching or
departing local airports have apparently dispensed with the normal
flight paths.


  The Washington Post today, Friday, verifies this.  The metro
section carries an article that indicates that the flight paths
worked out over many, many years of coordination between all parties
involved have apparently been voided, with aircraft now allowed to
go now just about anywhere they want and by any route desired, and
without much, if any consideration for any factor other than what is
worked out between the carrier and the controllers for their
convenience.

  Steve