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

"Many stakeholders argue that you have flexibility within your budget to avoid or minimize air traffic controller furloughs and the closure of the contract towers by cutting elsewhere and transferring funding among accounts. The flying public deserves a fuller understanding of what kind of travel delays they may be facing as a result of the sequester in order to better plan if they have the wherewithal, desire, or ability to do so." Source: Letter from Senate Commerce Committee leaders Jay Rockefeller, Chair (D-WV) and John Thune, Ranking Republican (R-SD) to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and DOT Secretary Ray LaHood.

FMI: http://commerce.senate.gov