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.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"It's out of control. We have a large maintenance operation here with 400 people. We have a large interagency fire-fighting operation here, with maintenance facilities."

Source: Rex Tippetts, Manager of Walker Field (GJT) in Grand Junction, CO. A recent story in The Denver Post outlined concerns about the new TSA requirement for each of Colorado's 13 commercial airports to develop its own, incompatible system of security badges and background checks for pilots entering secure areas. Tippetts alone estimates he'll need 2,000 additional security checks and badges for personnel, and pilots based at GJT.

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