Wed, Feb 11, 2004
Aviation Groups Celebrate
Patience is a virtue. Anyone working in aviation governmental
affairs will tell you that. The fight to kill TFRs has seen a
recent victory, as the FAA officially eliminated two temporary
flight restrictions over Valdez, Alaska, which were imposed on Dec.
24, 2003. One was a 25-nm-radius TFR in which pilots were required
to contact Juneau Flight Service Station before entering the
restricted area. The other was a 1-nm-radius area within the 25-nm
TFR, in which no flight was permitted without ATC
authorization.
Obviously, the alphabet groups smell victory. Doug McNair, EAA's
Vice President of Government Affairs, told ANN the FAA action is
better late than never.
"We're glad to see the FAA take this action," McNair said. "This
is yet another step in the ongoing role to lift all of the flight
restrictions in place. The aviation community has been putting the
pressure on TSA and FAA to review these areas and I'm glad to see
they took action," he said.
Warning that more battles lay ahead, McNair said, "Puget Sound
is the next one in our sights."
AOPA President Phil Boyer also expressed some celebration over
the FAA's action.
"AOPA has pressed the FAA to cancel these TFRs ever since the
national threat level was reduced in mid-January," Boyer said. "The
FAA and TSA now agree that there is no longer a need to maintain
them."
Boyer added that AOPA continues to pressure the FAA and security
officials for relief from longstanding security-related TFRs across
the country.
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