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.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"In attempting to address the discriminatory nature of the House proposal, the Senate has instead created a provision that is destined to harm even more of the very people the Post 9/11 GI Bill was intended to help — veterans of the United States’ Armed Forces — and yet will fail to address the discriminatory nature of the provision. To the best of industry’s knowledge, flight training is the only degree program for which colleges and universities normally contract such programs of education."

Source: Statement prepared by five aviation associations presented to the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.

FMI: www.veterans.senate.gov