http://livingwithyourplane.com/2009/09/21/letter-from-faa-on-thru-the-fence/ The nation's source for residential airparks Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:11:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://livingwithyourplane.com/2009/09/21/letter-from-faa-on-thru-the-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Mack McKinney Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:23:03 +0000 http://livingwithyourplane.com/?p=995#comment-1237 FAA's letter to Brent Blue is disingenuous. It is nothing new and gives the impression that the FAA is willing to reconsider its position. But there is absolutely no evidence of any such change of heart. Lang's letter basically says "We [the FAA] told everyone not to build houses near airports; TTF RAs are no different from any other subdivisions; and the FAA will not force airport operators to terminate agreements, we are just going to deny all improvement money if those agreements are NOT terminated." The "case-by-case" comment, while slightly encouraging, is then dashed entirely by the next statement that the FAA will "prepare guidance that will be uniform among its regions". That is ominous-sounding to me. Either the FAA backs away from its opposition to TTF RAs, or it doesn't. And if it doesn't, this whole thing is headed to court, the FAA will prevail in the end and only the lawyers will be winners. Has anyone talked to the GA caucus in Congress about this? FAA’s letter to Brent Blue is disingenuous. It is nothing new and gives the impression that the FAA is willing to reconsider its position. But there is absolutely no evidence of any such change of heart. Lang’s letter basically says “We [the FAA] told everyone not to build houses near airports; TTF RAs are no different from any other subdivisions; and the FAA will not force airport operators to terminate agreements, we are just going to deny all improvement money if those agreements are NOT terminated.” The “case-by-case” comment, while slightly encouraging, is then dashed entirely by the next statement that the FAA will “prepare guidance that will be uniform among its regions”. That is ominous-sounding to me. Either the FAA backs away from its opposition to TTF RAs, or it doesn’t. And if it doesn’t, this whole thing is headed to court, the FAA will prevail in the end and only the lawyers will be winners. Has anyone talked to the GA caucus in Congress about this?

]]> http://livingwithyourplane.com/2009/09/21/letter-from-faa-on-thru-the-fence/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Our thoughts on FAA’s TTF position | Living With Your Plane Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:12:50 +0000 http://livingwithyourplane.com/?p=995#comment-1236 [...] hope you read the letter we published (yesterday) from Catherine Lang, FAA acting administrator for airports. It was addressed to Brent Blue of Jackson Hole, WY and was [...] [...] hope you read the letter we published (yesterday) from Catherine Lang, FAA acting administrator for airports. It was addressed to Brent Blue of Jackson Hole, WY and was [...]

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