Wed, Jan 24, 2007
Responds To Aero-Club Speech
Representatives at the General Aviation Manufacturer's
Association (GAMA) tell ANN that in a speech Tuesday given before the Aero
Club of Washington, Secretary of Transportation Mary
Peters stressed how vital aviation is to our economy... and how all
Americans benefit from a healthy air transportation system.
Secretary Peters pointed out that aviation contributes over $640
billion a year to the national economy and is responsible for
creating over nine million jobs. GAMA agrees that protecting this
national resource is crucial... but the organization states it
couldn't disagree more with the link that Secretary Peters attempts
to make between the Administration’s desire for user fees and
the ability to modernize the national airspace system.
"Secretary Peters seems to assert that the current funding
mechanism, which is bringing in record Trust Fund revenues, is
somehow broken and that transformation of the air transportation
system cannot occur without a new funding mechanism," the
organization said in a release to ANN.
GAMA adds that one point that all sectors in aviation agree upon
is that our air traffic control system is in need of
transformation. However, GAMA will continue to press the
Administration for a coherent modernization plan that improves
capacity, delineates projected costs, estimates anticipated
savings, and recognizes significant equipage costs to users, before
any decisions can be made on financing the transformation of the
national airspace system.
GAMA is an international trade association headquartered in
Washington, DC representing over 50 of the world's leading
manufacturers of general aviation aircraft, engines, avionics and
related equipment. GAMA's members also operate fleets of aircraft,
fixed based operations, and pilot training and maintenance training
facilities.
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