2000 Milestones

AAAE and ACI-NA Call for Investing in Airport Infrastructure

(August 21, 2000) —During a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater and other aviation officials, American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) and ACI-NA leaders called for further investment in airport infrastructure to help reduce flight delays.

ACI-NA Supports New Performance-Based Air Traffic Organization

(December 8, 2000) –ACI-NA’s President, David Z. Plavin, offered the following statement regarding President's Clinton's executive order to create a new Air Traffic Organization (ATO) headed by a chief operating officer and reporting to the Federal Aviation Administrator.

"As we continue to see congestion and capacity problems plaguing our crowded airspace, President Clinton's executive order builds on the aviation successes of this past year and makes significant strides to ensure the management, efficiency and safety of our system is never compromised, but certainly enhanced. Clearly the creation of this performance-based organization is an important first step in an effort to ensure the FAA can operate as a more business-like entity. While more needs to be done, this represents progress."