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Loophole in the AIP grants????
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outaviation.com, "Skylune" wrote: by Orval Fairbairn Mar 29, 2006 at 09:39 PM Now "Skylune" is starting to sound like Bill MulCahy. "FAA/airport cabal", indeed! MulCahy has his own style, but I agree with Bill that the FAA/airport alliance is an unholy cabal. A large part of the FAA bureaucracy exists to approve and administer grants, which requires the employment of numerous personnel. Like other bureaucracies, it seeks to protect and enlarge itself, with no consideration to anything outside of its own mission: to expand aviation. It is at odds with other bureaucracies, most notably the new OHS. EPA has been largely de-fanged, but there are some tensions there too. And there are intergovernmental tensions, often between FAA and localities victimized by this nefarious agency. I think that it is the other way around -- just look at Chicago, with Meigs. The funds granted to airports are collected from the airspace users -- not from General Funds. As such, those sponsors who accept these funds are under obligation to use them for aviation use, only -- NOT to fund some real estate speculative venture for themselves. Far too many cities are trying to weasel around the terms of the Grant Deeds and place unreasonable restrictions (or even to close) airports which have received funds. |
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Loophole in the AIP grants????
I think that it is the other way around -- just look at Chicago, with
Meigs. The funds granted to airports are collected from the airspace users -- not from General Funds. As such, those sponsors who accept these funds are under obligation to use them for aviation use, only -- NOT to fund some real estate speculative venture for themselves. I wonder if a class action suit would work against Chicago and Meigs. Jose -- Nothing takes longer than a shortcut. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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Loophole in the AIP grants????
Skylune wrote:
Like other bureaucracies, it seeks to protect and enlarge itself, with no consideration to anything outside of its own mission: to expand aviation. We are losing airports in the US almost weekly, so if the FAA considers expansion of aviation its only mission, it is failing. The bureaucracy is growing though, and the rule books get thicker. The GA community seems to be shrinking, because flying seems to be more about knowing all the rules than it is about the airplane. |
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