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David Stempler, President of the Air Travelers Association, the
airline passenger/consumer representative on the New York Aviation
Rulemaking Committee to reduce aviation congestion and delay in the
New York metropolitan area, today declared its opposition to several
Bush Administration proposals, as the NY ARC came to a close
yesterday. According to Stempler, "Proposals to limit airport
operations (slots), slot auctions, and congestions pricing will only
have bad results for passengers -- higher fares, fewer flights, or
both. Airline passengers are not interested in reducing flight delays
in exchange for significantly higher airfares and significantly fewer
flight choices."
David Stempler continued that, "aviation delays are a political
problem that the Administration is trying to deflect onto the
airlines, but have airline passengers pay for. Over the past seven
years, airline passengers have paid almost $100 Billion for the FAA
air traffic control system and airport improvements. Now with their
slot restrictions, slot auctions, and congestion pricing proposals,
they are asking us to pay even more, in the form of higher airfares,
and the increased costs associated with fewer flight choices."
Stempler continued, "The Air Travelers Association believes that
the free market is the best way to solve aviation delay problems, and
the Air Travelers Association opposes artificial constraints on the
aviation system. We urge the Bush Administration to abandon any
aviation delay reduction proposals that substantially increase
airfares and substantially reduce airline service."
Stempler concluded, "The only way out of this aviation congestion
and delay crisis, with its daily reports of near-misses and near
collisions in the air and on the ground, is to immediately build and
put into service, a new, safety-first, GPS-based, next generation air
traffic control system ("NextGen"). The only way to accomplish that is
to have the airlines, airports, passengers, and corporate and private
aviation agree on a way to fund NextGen equitably. In the last meeting
of the NY ARC, Stempler called for the convening of an aviation
summit, led by a world-class mediator, to try to reach consensus on
this equitable funding approach among the various aviation interests.
When the aviation summit is successful, the entire aviation community
can present a unified solution to the President and Congress so that
implementation of NextGen can begin immediately".
The Air Travelers Association
(http://www.AirTravelersAssociation.com), founded in 1997, advocates
for airline passengers on airline safety, security, savings, and
service. David Stempler, President of the Air Travelers Association,
is an internationally known authority on airline passenger and air
travel issues.
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