Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Urges Administration To Take Action On Key GA Issues
During a November 24 meeting with President-elect Barack Obama's
Department of Transportation transition team, AOPA President-elect
Craig Fuller wasted no time letting the incoming administration
know that aviation needs to be a top priority.
Fuller met with Mortimer Downey, head of the DOT transition
team; Duane Woerth, former president of the Air Line Pilots
Association (
and a top contender for new FAA
Administrator); and Jane Garvey, former FAA
administrator, to present five key priorities on behalf of its
414,000 members.
These priorities include naming a strong FAA administrator with
deep technical and people management and labor relations skills;
investment in critical aviation facility infrastructure through
robust federal airport grant programs; engaging in environmental
leadership to address proposed policies, regulations and standards
that target aviation gasoline, greenhouse gas emissions and
aircraft noise; modernizing the Air Traffic Control system in a way
that doesn't place undue burdens on general aviation aircraft
owners; and enacting long-term financing using adjusted aviation
taxes as the means to pay for the FAA and its associated
programs.
Those initiatives were also highlighted in a congratulatory
letter Fuller sent to President-elect Obama that explains the value
of general aviation to the economy and its key role in the
country's infrastructure.
"Aviation is an integral part of this country's infrastructure
and economy and I can assure you that AOPA is ready to work with
you on the pressing issues facing the aviation industry," Fuller
wrote.
In the letter, Fuller also pledged to work with the Obama
administration to ensure that the United States has the "largest,
safest, most efficient air transportation system in the world."
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