Mon, Sep 17, 2012
The House Committee on Small Business conducted a hearing titled "User Fees in the Aviation Industry: Turbulence Ahead" on Wednesday.
The purpose of this hearing was to discuss the financial and regulatory impact of additional user fees on the aviation industry. Ninety percent of frequent flyers think that the TSA is doing either a poor or only a fair job in performing security screenings at the nation's airports, according to a new survey of frequent flyers conducted by Frequent Business Traveler magazine. Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security, has released a Majority Staff report entitled “Rebuilding TSA into a Smarter, Leaner Organization.” During the 112th Congress, the Subcommittee launched a thorough examination of TSA’s operations, rules, and regulations and their impact on job-creating transportation industry stakeholders, as well as the traveling public. All this... and MORE in today's episode of Airborne!!!
Airborne 09.14.12 is chock full of info about the half-week period ending Friday, September 14th, 2012... Presented by Aero-TV veteran videographer and Airborne Host Ashley Hale, and supported by ANN CEO/Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell, Chief Videographer Nathan Cremisino, and Aero-Journalists Tom Patton, and Glen Moyer, this episode covers:
- House Committee to Conduct Hearing on User Fees
- Report on TSA Restructuring
- Freq. Flyer Survey on TSA
- Boeing Pilots Vote “No Confidence” in Management
- Phenom 300 Added to FL Production Line
- Aspen Unveils Evolution Pilot H for Helicopter
- Barnstorming: We Have A Challenge For The FAA
- American 1st to Get Full iPad Approval
- Electric FlyVolt Wins Design Award
Get Comprehensive, Real-Time, 24/7 coverage of the latest aviation and aerospace stories anytime, at aero-news.net. And be sure to join us again next week for the next edition of "Airborne" here on Aero-TV. Thanks for watching. See you, again, in just a few days!
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