Mon, Oct 27, 2003
NATA Has Concerns
The National Air Transportation
Association (NATA) is disappointed that a regulation implementing
Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimums (DRVSM) has been
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and will be
published in the Federal Register next week.
"While the association is not fundamentally opposed to DRVSM, we
are gravely concerned that several NATA members face financial
hardship if the FAA requires completion of costly aircraft upgrades
in order to permit a January 2005 implementation," explained NATA
president James K. Coyne.
The DRVSM rule was proposed by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) in May 2002. At that time, NATA raised
concerns that the agency had not fully accounted for the costs of
the rule to small businesses and that the actual number of small
businesses impacted had not been identified.
"NATA has done all that we can to
ensure the FAA has followed proper rulemaking procedures in
accordance with federal statutes, which require accurate analysis
of the impact of their actions on small businesses.
Unfortunately, we remain concerned that the FAA has not yet met the
spirit or letter of their obligations to the regulated parties, in
particular small Part 135 on-demand certificate holders," Coyne
continued.
Coyne said that NATA staff will be conducting an in-depth review
of the FAA's economic and small business conclusions. The
final rule was placed on public display yesterday and is to be
released in the Federal Register on Monday, October 27th.
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