United CEO Blames FAA For O’Hare’s Notorious Taxi Times, Says It’s Like “Driving To Milwaukee”

Scott Kirby, the Chief Executive Officer of United Airlines, has taken aim at the US Federal Aviation Administration, whose understaffing he blames for long taxi times at its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Kirby believes that getting the airport’s air traffic control towers back up to full staffing levels could cut taxi times by several minutes, with these marginal gains soon adding up overall.