Dépêches
Swift FAA Reauthorization Critical to U.S. Airline Industry
Dépèche transmise le 9 février 2011 par Business Wire

Swift FAA Reauthorization Critical to U.S. Airline Industry
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) today urged the U.S. House of Representatives, in written testimony to the House Aviation Subcommittee, to quickly move a strong FAA reauthorization bill that funds modernizing the national airspace system and enhances safety for all who depend on air transportation.
“FAA reauthorization is the foundation for achieving a modern infrastructure that provides safe and efficient air transportation to drive this country’s economy and create jobs for its citizens”
“FAA reauthorization is the foundation for achieving a modern infrastructure that provides safe and efficient air transportation to drive this country’s economy and create jobs for its citizens,” said Capt. Lee Moak, ALPA’s president. “ALPA recognizes the FAA’s essential leadership role in setting regulatory standards and conducting oversight over the range of safety issues that affect airline operations. Congress must pass a solid reauthorization bill that well positions the FAA to do its job.”
FAA reauthorization must provide an adequate, stable, and reliable funding stream for NextGen, the modernization initiative to upgrade both ground-based and airborne air traffic control system components. Currently, outmoded equipment and antiquated facilities hobble the efficiency of the U.S. air transportation system, which is already straining to meet demand. Modernizing the nation’s airspace will boost efficiency and build capacity while maintaining or enhancing an already high standard of safety.
In addition, FAA reauthorization holds the potential to advance aviation safety in many critical areas, including bolstering research on issues such as volcanic ash, in-flight icing, wake turbulence, alternative fuels, wind shear, and ways to improve runway safety. The legislation must also continue to fund the operation of Midway and Wake Island airfields as transpacific emergency landing options.
ALPA maintains that FAA reauthorization must also reaffirm that U.S. citizens will continue to control all key operational aspects of U.S. airlines. The legislation should also direct a study of the feasibility of installing cockpit doors on all-cargo aircraft, and it must address the threat that laser attacks pose to airline passengers and crews.
“The actions needed to modernize our airspace system are complicated and expensive, but, given the keen global competition and soaring demand that we know exist, they are an investment in the future that the United States cannot afford to delay,” continued Capt. Moak. “The urgent need to pursue modernization and the safety initiatives contained in the FAA reauthorization bill leave no doubt that Congress must immediately pass this critical legislation.”
Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world’s largest pilot union, representing nearly 53,000 pilots at 38 airlines in the United States and Canada. Visit the ALPA website at www.alpa.org.
- 18:27 JetBlue prend livraison de son premier Airbus A321neo avec sa classe Mint
- 28/02 Korean Air étend son service de notification pour les bagages
- 26/02Air France dévoile son nouveau film de consignes de sécurité à bord
- 26/02 Emirates opère son premier vol avec des équipes entièrement vaccinées
- 25/02 KLM reçoit son premier Embraer 195-E2
- 24/02 Embraer livre le premier Praetor 500 brésilien
- 24/02 Qatar Airways va offrir une technologie de divertissement en vol sans contact
- 24/02Et si je devenais pilote d'ULM !
- 23/02 JMB Aircraft abaisse la vitesse maximale à ne pas franchir de certains VL3
- 23/02 Air Caraïbes et French bee déploient le certificat digital sanitaire
- 23/02 Korean Air annonce un bénéfice pour l'année 2020
- 19/02 Air Côte d'Ivoire reçoit son premier Airbus A320neo
- 19/02 Cathay Pacific prolonge le statut des membres du Marco Polo Club
- 19/02 Edelweiss s'envole pour la Jamaïque
- 19/02 Air Tahiti Nui : ses vins récompensés
- 19/02 Shell choisit l'Airbus H160
- 18/02 Airbus publie ses résultats annuels pour l'année 2020
- 18/02 De Havilland Canada suspend la production du Dash 8
- 18/02 Air Canada présente un A220 avec une livrée spéciale (photos)
- 17/02 Le premier Boeing KC-46 Tanker japonais effectue son premier vol