DoT's Peters Tries To Drum Up Support
The 33rd Annual FAA Aviation Forecast Conference finished up a
few days ago... and provided "an opportunity for senior leaders
from across the aviation community to look forward and share their
views on the future of the aviation industry."
As the theme of this year's conference suggests, congestion and
environmental issues pose two of the greatest challenges to the
future health of aviation. Prominent industry and government
leaders discussed the impacts of these issues and possible
solutions for consumers and operators, as well as financial
challenges and future market opportunities.
SecTrans Peters started her remarks like those of FAA's
Sturgell, with a defense of the seemingly indefensible, by stating
that, "Before I begin my remarks on the forecast, I want to address
media reports of serious allegations that FAA inspectors knew about
safety lapses and yet allowed them to continue. These stories raise
questions about the safety of our aviation system. Let me start by
saying that the best way to measure the effectiveness of any safety
system is to closely examine the data you have available. And the
data we have today tells us that commercial aviation is safer than
it has ever been before. Indeed, the most recent data from the
National Transportation Safety Board showing that U.S. airlines has
point one major accidents for every million hours flown confirms
that fact..."
Aero-TV is pleased to present the entire speech, in two parts,
unedited for your perusal. This gives you the chance to do what so
few could do... judge the entire presentation for yourself.
Herewith...
Aero-TV Presents The Secretary Of
Transportation, Mary Peters, At The FAA Forecast Conference (Part
One of Two)
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