[ALPAPilot]

The most stringently controlled zones are Class A airspace, such as the area around the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington.

This is why you can't believe anything writen in a newspaper these days. Class A goes from 18,000 ft through FL600.

[jcmccorm]

“The most stringently controlled zones are Class A airspace, such as the area around the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington.
This is why you can’t believe anything writen in a newspaper these days. Class A goes from 18,000 ft through FL600.”

Thanks for clarifying that. I have a pilot’s license but it’s been a few years since I’ve flown and Class A was always “way higher than my Cessna will ever go”.

Class B, I thought, was the most controlled. You need clearance from ATC to get into that space.

[Mr.Unique]

This is why you can't believe anything written in a newspaper these days.

The only thing the media get right are sports scores. The scores are important, and there are too many witnesses to lie about them.

[Seaplaner]

I caught that as well, we're talking Class Bravo here. Once called a TCA.

IIRC, TCAs came about after the 1978 PSA v Cessna midair collision in San Diego, with the idea being that more positive control was needed in congested airspace in order to prevent midairs.

[MortMan]

Most people don’t know flight levels. 18,000ft through 60,000ft.