"The FAA owes it not only to itself, but also to the pilots who
will have to deal with the effects of such a proposal, to gather
every bit of information they can. Holding public sessions will
allow important give-and-take between the FAA and pilots that
written comments alone can’t accommodate."
Source: AOPA President Phil Boyer, who sent a
letter this week to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey requesting
public meetings on the NPRM that would make Washington's ADIZ a
permanent fixture.