Principato Blogging About TSA in National Journal

There is no more challenging job in government than running the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — with the possible exception of running Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The relationship over the past many years has been rocky at times, but communications (in both directions) between airports and DHS/TSA has improved greatly. But there is still [...]

Brooks Sees Better Days for Air Cargo

Posted March 15 by Liying Gu
There is growth down the road for the air cargo business and the new, tighter security rules may give a forward-thinking small airport an opportunity to land new business.
At the second day of the annual ACI-NA Air Cargo Conference, held last week in Seattle, Dave Brooks, American Airlines’ president of [...]

FAA Projects Slower Growth in its Latest Forecast

The FAA has again scaled back its prediction on the future growth of air travel over the next 20 years. In its 35th annual forecast released today, the FAA predicts that system-wide U.S. passenger air traffic will grow at an annual rate of 2.6 percent.
A year ago, it predicted that the annual growth rate would [...]

Finding a Compromise on FAA Reauthorization May Not Be Easy

If the Senate passes its version of the FAA reauthorization act – and that is a very big if – the eventual conference committee meeting to iron out the differences of the Senate and House bills will not be an easy one, predicts a Senate staffer.
In a presentation Wednesday morning to the ACI-NA/AAAE Spring Legislative [...]

FAA Reauthorization Will Put People to Work

Greg Principato, ACI-NA President, and Jim Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters agree: it’s time to pass FAA reauthorization.
In a joint letter published in the “Departures” column of the March 1 issue of Aviation Daily, Greg and Jim stressed the significant impacts that a long-term FAA reauthorization bill would have on the [...]

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