The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been called to address the gap between scheduled flights and the capacity the airport is actually equipped to handle. The crisis was triggered by United Airlines' strategy to gain more control of the airport. Airlines have over-scheduled O’Hare for the summer, projecting more than 3,000 daily operations, up from around 2,680 during peak days last year. The airport’s infrastructure and air traffic control staffing cannot support this volume. United Airlines is planning 750 daily departures from O'Hare this summer, an increase of more than 30%, and has been buying up more gates, including Spirit Airlines' gates. This strategy is designed to exploit O‘Hare’�s gate assignment policy, which allocates gates based on flights scheduled. The author suggests that a near-monopoly by United would be bad for Chicago, as it would leave millions of connecting passengers out of options and leave travelers with fewer choices and lower prices. The article also criticizes the FAA for not adequately addressing the staffing crisis and federal regulators for failing to adequately address the issue.