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H.R. 2443, The Federal Aviation Administration Facility Consolidation Moratorium Act of 2007 (8 comments ↓)
H.R. 2443 would amend title 49, United States Code, to suspend the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to eliminate, consolidate, deconsolidate, colocate, or plan for the consolidation, deconsolidation, inter-facility reorganization, or colocation of, any air traffic control facility and services of the Administration.
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Brad Finch
I support this bill as the FAA Administrator has shown herself to run amok on too many issues without forethought or coordination with the unions or people who know what is going on. Too many FAA projects are being "rebase lined" ie adjust the numbers to show what we want it to show, versus actual cost accounting. We need to realize there is safety and there is bean counting that this administration seems concerned with. The FAA mission states Safe, orderly and expeditious flights. What is our number 1 priority?
John Wallin
Co-location is the FAA's way of setting up ATC for a sell-off to the highest bidder. Congress needs to step up and just say no to the FAA's gradual privatization scheme. This bill is an important first step.
Mike Patterson
The Flight Service Stations were sold off to Lockheed Martin and most pilots are beginning to feel buyers remorse. They are also wishing daily that this had never occurred. HR 2433 will stop the consolidations and colocations that will allow the FAA to sell off the rest of the largest, most complex, yet safest air traffic control system in the world. Some things just shouldn't be sold off to the lowest bidder and the safety of the American flying public is definitely one of those things!
U. Bator
It is tantamount to criminal negligence in this age of post-9/11 security issues, threats, yellows, oranges and reds that the FAA would even CONSIDER putting "all their eggs in one basket", so to speak. As recent events near JFK would dictate, it becomes painfully obvious where FAA priorities lie - and security and safety do not appear to be near the top of the list, as their "bottom-line" approach makes apparent.
Damon Smithwick
I have seen the FAA go from a great place to work where people were happy to be at their jobs, to a place where safety and efficiency have nothing to do with what we do anymore. It's all about bean counting and keeping the employees under the thumb of management. The ATC system has gone from a system of rewarding employee successes, to attempts to intimidate, arbitrarily punish, and demoralize each and every ATC employee. Ask yourself which type of employee you want controlling your aircraft in severe weather, understaffing, and overcrowding of airspace. A controller who is proud of their work? Or one that is beat down by the FAA? The FAA has no regard for your safety any longer. NATCA watches out for you now.
Laura L. Heckman
It is important to the taxpayers as well as the flying public to have any and all information pertaining to the air traffic system and its welfare to be handled by a group who has their best interests at heart. The FAA has proven time and time again over the last decade that they are unwilling and incapable to decide those interests except to benefit their own secret agenda. This information should be shared by all groups (airlines,community leaders, civilian users, unions, etc...) alike. To determine the best plan, being both fiscally responsibly and with utmost care by those who would be affected by any change. The safety of the system should not be decided by anyone who only cares about the amount of money spent and not safety of the people using the system or the safety of those delivering the service.
Colonel
If you're wondering how consolidation and "contracting out" works for the aviation industry in the United States - just ask any member of the AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association). They can tell you how well the sell-off of Flight Service Stations has worked for them.
The Bean Counters have overtaken the FAA. EVERY citizen who flies in this country should support this legislation!
Don Ho
In less that five years the FAA has reduced an air traffic system, one that was admired world-wide, to a disaster waiting to happen. Redundancies and overlapping airspace are built in the system for a reason. Radars fail. Frequencies fail. This occurs on a regular basis, but the system can recover rapidly because of safety valves that have been built into the system over the last five decades. Safety is paramount in this business, and saving a few dollars (even that is suspect) is not a way to run our air traffic system.