Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“The European Union is unilaterally attempting to impose an illegal scheme on American airlines. This is unacceptable for all sorts of reasons. The money the EU is attempting to extract from our airlines would come at the expense of our much-needed investments in ‘NextGen’ technologies to upgrade our air traffic control system, and the purchasing of new aircraft - just two proven methods of improving environmental performance. If the EU gets away with this unilateral scheme, what's to stop them from imposing all sorts of new ‘eco-charges’ on other activities outside the EU? And we don’t even have a guarantee that the fees will be used to benefit the environment.” Source: Congressman Tom Petri (R-WI), Chair of the House Transportation Aviation Subcommittee, During debate on H.R. 2594.

FMI: http://petri.house.gov