If Reagan Won't Make Skies Safe, Congress WillWe can't just let agencies squabble as the air control `safety net'sags NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition
The NTSB says there has been a significant "erosion of safety." FAA Director Donald D. Engen responds to the complaints by calling for an "unemotional examination of the facts." But an "unemotional examination of the facts" between two contending federal agencies is not...
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| Published in | Newsday |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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Long Island, N.Y
Newsday LLC
16.06.1987
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| Edition | Combined editions |
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| Summary: | The NTSB says there has been a significant "erosion of safety." FAA Director Donald D. Engen responds to the complaints by calling for an "unemotional examination of the facts." But an "unemotional examination of the facts" between two contending federal agencies is not what the average passenger wants when he or she boards a plane. The administration must rapidly get its own house in order. Congress is not prepared to watch an FAA-NTSB tug of war. The FAA should to reconsider its outright rejection of the NTSB proposal to cap major-corridor air traffic. Finally, it may be time for the FAA to be transformed into an independent safety agency outside the purview of the Department of Transportation. I believe that the FAA's reluctance to cap air traffic this summer is evidence of a dangerous conflict of interest between its two mandates - to promote commercial aviation and regulate air safety. Surely, safety should come first. |
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