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As an air traffic controller that was at Oshkosh couple things that I will say.
1. Most of you did an amazing job. But every year there is a decent amount who either don't read the notam or are not paying attention to it.
2. There is no guarantee you will make it into Oshkosh. There is a reason the NOTAM says over and over to plan to divert. When you have 4,000 plus aircraft trying to get into a place in 6 hours that is not going to happen. Simply impossible. For example the arrival rate at Ohare on a perfect day at best is 200 a/c an hour.
3. Yelling at the controllers and the other pilots over the freq. ISN'T HELPING ANYTHING. If you have circled 27 times and are getting low on fuel probably time to divert not time to yell about it.
4. I have heard a lot of pilots talk about they want change or a way to make this never happen again. Unless you can change the weather or want a lottery or VFR reservation (TRUST ME YOU DONT) system it is all on the pilots until they get to fisk.
5. Last and not least the controllers are there for your safety. They are not there to play favorites or ruin your day. They are trying to make the event as safe as possible.
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