Serial No. 115-15: Need to Reform the Federal Aviation Administration and Air Traffic Control to Build a 21st-Century Aviation System for America, Hearing Before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, May 17, 2017

摘要

This is the May 17, 2017 hearing, The Need to Reform FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] and Air Traffic Control to Build a 21st Century Aviation System for America, before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. From the opening statement of Chairman Bill Shuster: The way America travels, moves goods, and conducts business today depends on an efficient transportation network. In order to remain competitive, we need a 21st century infrastructure with modern, 21st century technology. This is especially true for our aviation system, but the fact is the FAA's infrastructure is increasingly obsolete, and its technology is still cemented in the last century. As a result, shocking amounts of tax dollars and time have been wasted over the last 35 years. That's why my highest priority this year is a comprehensive FAA reform and reauthorization bill. [...] Today, we will focus on the need for air traffic control reform - divesting the high-tech service business from government and shifting it to an independent, not-for-profit entity. It's appropriate that we are holding this hearing during Infrastructure Week. No other single infrastructure reform has as much potential to improve air travel for the average American flier, or to ensure our hard-earned leadership in aviation. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Calvin Scovel, Joseph W. Brown, Robert W. Poole, Paul M. Rinaldi, and Dorothy Robyn.