Thu, Apr 10, 2003
GAMA Asks Congress to Keep Special-Interest Hands off
Airspace
Testifying Wednesday before the House
Subcommittee on Aviation, the General Aviation Manufacturers
Association (GAMA) called on Congress to defend the integrity of
the nation's air transportation system against special interests
seeking airspace restrictions.
"Our national air transportation system is far too important to
the United States to allow powerful private enterprises to use
their political clout to create an unjustified, ad hoc patchwork of
airspace restrictions," said GAMA President Ed Bolen. "It is
time for the federal government to be accountable for developing
and implementing a security process that objectively assesses
threats, mitigates risk, minimizes economic impact and maintains
the margin of aviation safety."
Bolen's comments came shortly after the Mayor of Chicago lobbied
the federal government for airspace restrictions around downtown
Chicago, then used the restrictions as justification for closing
Meigs Field.
Bolen also expressed frustration with the
Department of Justice for not developing a workable process for
conducting background checks on aliens seeking flight training. He
urged Congress to transfer the background check responsibility from
the Department of Justice to the Transportation Security
Administration.
In closing, Bolen asked Congress to adopt the recommendations of
the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace
Commission related to the certification of aviation products.
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