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5423 and Changes
Coming for NOTAMS
Aviation Industry Sends Letter in Opposition of Aircraft Noise Reduction Act
In late December, several aviation industry groups* sent a letter to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio and Ranking Member Sam Graves, as well as Subcommittee on Aviation Chairman Rick Larsen and Ranking Member Garret Graves, to state their opposition of H.R. 5423, the Aircraft Noise Reduction Act (ANRA), “that aims to severely restrict access to general aviation airports.”
The letter states that by imposing restrictions at the local level, undercuts the “utility and safety of thousands of airports across our nation and reversing course on the need to regulate aviation matters at the federal level.”
JANUARY 2020
by Kim Blonigen
Ed Bolen, president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, one of the aviation groups that signed the letter, explained the importance of federal oversight of aviation, saying: “For close to 100 years, Congress has recognized that aviation must be regulated at the federal level. The national system of airports would be undermined if restrictions are made at the local level, as the Aircraft Noise Reduction Act is attempting to allow.”
H.R. 5423 would allow general aviation airport operators to impose restrictions on aircraft used for compensation or hire. Not only would these restrictions unnecessarily impede airline and business aviation transportation operations, but critical services – such as air ambulance, organ transport and disaster relief – could be impacted as well.
AVIATION ISSUES
Industry Opposes H.R.
Dan Moore VMG LLC
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