Dock for SFO

Another few hours spent waiting for a plane to San Francisco because of weather conditions that limited landings to one runway. There are two runways in San Francisco but they are too close together for landings in marginal visibility.

The solution is a new runway which would dramatically increase the number of jobs and wealth of the Bay Area. The environmental movement is so strong in the Bay Area that no landfill is permitted. No new runway looks feasible as a consequence.

While waiting I talked to a number of people, including the captain of our flight. Everyone seemed to understand that our distress was caused by the environmental movement.

I see a solution. The Airport Commission should vote to build a floating runway. This would not be subject to the environmentalists fanaticism.  It would be governed by Coast Guard regulations. Most of the time the floating runway would be sitting on the muddy Bay floor.

Come on......  its time to let intelligence dominate this issue.