By Annie Russo Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, introduced by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the bill would yield $243 billion in deficit reductions over the next ten years and would replace of the $72 [...]
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Heated Floor Debate on Cutting Federal Spending
Posted by mdye on May 17, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/05/17/heated-floor-debate-on-cutting-federal-spending/
FAA’s Kate Lang at ACI-NA’s Commissioners Conference
By Debby McElroy The 2012 Airport Board Member & Commissioners Conference was held earlier this week in Pasadena. Dan Feger, Victor Gil and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority team made sure everyone felt very welcome. It’s a beautiful and historical city and we were treated to a wonderful evening at the Tournament House Wrigley Mansion on [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on April 25, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/04/25/faa%e2%80%99s-kate-lang-at-aci-na%e2%80%99s-commissioners-conference/
Mergers And Consolidation Topic of Interest at ICAO Meeting
By Debby McElroy Last week, the International Civil Aviation Organization convened an air transportation symposium, “Strategies and Tools for Sustainable Air Transport” in Montréal. Speakers at the second session of the symposium, “Industry Trends, Mergers, Alliances and Consolidation” were Ian Wadsworth, chief commercial officer, Houston Airports System, Jan Brueckner, professor of economics, University of California; [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on April 23, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/04/23/mergers-and-consolidation-topic-of-interest-at-icao-meeting/
Airports Well Represented at ICAO Meeting in Montreal
By Debby McElroy This week I attended the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) air transportation symposium, “Strategies and Tools for Sustainable Air Transport” in Montreal. The symposium provided a great opportunity for a worldwide perspective on a number of pressing aviation issues, including sustainability, financing aircraft and infrastructure, liberalization, new airline business models, and industry [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on April 19, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/04/19/airports-well-represented-at-icao-meeting-in-montreal/
The Ides of April
By Jane Calderwood “April is the cruelest month” or so TS Elliot wrote in The Waste Land. We know that is true for the American taxpayer. And, April 2012 has turned out to be no picnic for the General Services Administration and the Secret Service. Congress returned to D.C. this week after a two-week break [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on April 17, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/04/17/the-ides-of-april/