Update on FY 2011 Appropriations Bills
By Channon Hanna Last week, the Senate adjourned for August recess after the Appropriations Committee approved 9 of the 12 fiscal year (FY) 2011 appropriations bills, including the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Department of Homeland Security bills. Only the Defense, Interior, and Legislative Branch appropriations bills have not been approved by the Senate [...]
Court Allows Airports to Protect Passengers from Flight Delays
A federal court in Washington on Tuesday upheld the right of airports to protect passengers from inconvenient flight delays. In rejecting the claims of the Air Transport Association, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia agreed with Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT), upholding federal regulations [...]
Cliff Notes Available? The 693-page manual
Have you heard about the FAA’s updated and newly issued airport compliance manual? There’s a new FAA airport compliance manual—-just out on Sept.30. It’s 693 pages in length. We won’t be able to talk about the whole manual, but presentations by Monica Hargrove Kemp, General Counsel, ACI-NA and Jack Corbett, partner, Spiegel & McDiarmid will [...]
Top Government Lawyers Face Airports
Want to know what some of the chief federal aviation legal counsels are up to? If you’d like to know what issues some of the top federal aviation legal counsel are reviewing and how they impact your airport, come to the Legal Committee’s opening session today to hear: Omer Poirier, Chief Counsel, Office of Inspector [...]
A Taste of Land-Use Planning Issues
Join the Legal Affairs Committee in a thought-provoking session on land-use planning and zoning issues. Helen Raabe of the Denver Airport Authority and Bret Lobner of the San Diego Airport Authority will serve as the moderators. Ben Guttery, of the FAA’s Texas Airports Development Office in Ft. Worth Texas, will provide an overview of the [...]
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