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So perhaps the core issue isn't inability of the airport to operate, but of people to get in and out.
If you divide half the phase of a cycle (peak to trough) into 6 hours duration or whatever appropriate unit, like 6 months, i.e. x-axis --
then going down from the top of the peak (or up from trough), the amount of y-axis change in each unit/hour is:
Hour (or month #): amount of change vs. peak-trough total (i.e. total = 2*A)
1: 1/12
2: 2/12
3: 3/12
4: 3/12
5: 2/12
6: 1/12
For us, the peak / trough are: June 21 to December 21, and the x-axis is 1 month units. And assuming maybe a 2 hour peak-to-trough difference in daylight time y-axis (depends on latitude you live of course), then each 1/12th equals 10 minutes.
So these days (late March) we are in the middle of the fastest decrease part, and each month we gain 30 minutes of daylight. Or, each day we are seeing sunset get pushed by like 1 minute.
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_twelfths, the diagram explains it better of course
We live in the safest era of commercial airline travel in history. The rate of serious aircraft accidents is so low that safety researchers almost don't have real life incidents to study for new issues to fix. That is why the recent few incidents seem like such an anomaly.
Certain things still need to be improved of course, and the DCA crash brings to attention ATC staffing, etc. But to say that you're sick and tired of aircraft incidents like they're happening every month is a bit ridiculous.
I wonder who takes the loss, in case suddenly your building can no longer be developed and is essentially state property (although owned by you).
And therefore, acts judiciously in deciding when, if ever, to sting? So that it only does it when it’s life-threateningly mad at something?
Just having thought once in a while about how complicated addresses are, I can only imagine all the things that can go wrong. (both for the post office, and for example, credit cards/banks that have to use addresses in validation of purchases, etc)
Imagine an apartment building with many units. Think of how people differently specify on the address lines which unit they live in? What if they leave off their unit #? What about apartments that are numbered "345 1/2 Second Street"?
What about a new person with the same last name that appears at an address? What do you do about that? Is an address that differs by a very subtle letter a different household? E.g. "345b Second Street"? Should you ship a package there or approve a credit card, or is that likely to be an attempt to fraudulently divert mail to someone else who is nonexistent?
I'm sure it's endlessly complicated, and I have no idea. But I know it will be complicated.