Thu, Feb 09, 2006
Encourages Alternatives To Permanent Security Zone
Add another voice to the chorus saying a permanent DC ADIZ is a
lousy idea -- as word comes from the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association that the Small Business Administration's Office of
Advocacy is asking the FAA to consider alternatives to making the
Washington, DC Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) a permanent
fixture around the capital.
In comments filed Monday, the agency urged the FAA to get more
information about the impact of the ADIZ on small businesses. The
SBA also encouraged the agency to offer "less burdensome"
alternatives to making the ADIZ permanent.
"The SBA's comments reinforce the fact that airspace
restrictions like these aren't just a problem for pilots," said
Andy Cebula, AOPA executive vice president of government affairs.
"The effects extend well beyond the pilot community and create real
hardships for business owners and their employees. It's great to
know that the SBA's Office of Advocacy is listening to the
businesses it represents."
AOPA's Rob Hackman, manager of regulatory and certification
policy, twice briefed the Office of Advocacy's aviation roundtable
on the economic impact of the flight restrictions on businesses in
and near the ADIZ.
The FAA's economic
analysis only considered two of the airports affected by the ADIZ
-- but a broader analysis commissioned by AOPA found that the ADIZ
was costing more than $43 million a year in lost wages and local
spending and taxes for the 13 airports inside the ADIZ and 20 other
nearby airports.
"Advocacy is hopeful that through its public hearings and this
comment process, FAA is able to develop other alternatives that
might meet its regulatory objectives in a less burdensome manner,"
the agency wrote in its comments. "Advocacy suggests that FAA
publish new alternatives, complete with small business impact data,
for public comment on an expedited basis."
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