ATA comments on FAA committee report on proposed rule.
Press Release Summary:
The Advisory Rulemaking Committee (ARC) on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) spent 9 months evaluating more than 1,400 public comments related to the ADS-B proposed rule and developed a set of recommendations for the FAA that will help resolve programmatic and technical uncertainties. ATA President and CEO James C. May supports the recommendations contained in the report and encourages the FAA to embrace all ARC recommendations.
Original Press Release:
Air Transport Association Comments on Release of FAA Advisory Rulemaking Committee Report on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2008 - The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today commented on the completion of the report by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Advisory Rulemaking Committee (ARC) on Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
ADS-B is a critical component of NextGen and is strongly supported by ATA and its member airlines. FAA drafted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which generated extensive comments and was not warmly received because it lacked industry input prior to its publication. To coordinate that input, the FAA subsequently established the ARC. This team of industry experts spent the last nine months evaluating more than 1,400 public comments related to the ADS-B proposed rule and developed a set of recommendations for FAA that will help resolve programmatic and technical uncertainties and enable them to create a rule that yields benefits for all who operate in the nation's airspace.
"As an active participant and co-chair of the FAA ADS-B ARC, we worked hard to reach consensus on some fairly complex issues," said ATA President and CEO James C. May. "We support the recommendations contained in the report and encourage FAA to embrace all of the ARC recommendations."
ATA airline members and their affiliates transport more than 90 percent of all U.S. airline passenger and cargo traffic. For additional information about the industry, visit www.airlines.org.
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