[JYO] FAA airspace plan still stalled

FAA airspace plan still stalled

AOPA to ?kick it upstairs? if things don't get moving 
Nov. 21 ? Even though the federal government returns to work Friday following 
Thanksgiving, AOPA doubts that security officials will act on a plan to remove 
the remaining restrictions on operations in enhanced Class B airspace and to 
reopen closed airports in the Washington, D.C. 

"If there is no breakthrough soon, I pledge to take this to the highest 
government officials," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. ?FAA has a solid, viable 
plan for reopening the airports and airspace, developed in consultation with 
AOPA and other aviation groups,? Boyer explained. ?That plan has been pending 
for over a week now.? (See ?FAA airspace plan in final approval stage.?) 

Department of Transportation and national security officials have yet to give 
final approval to the plan. 

?Perhaps there is a perception among these officials that, since most flying 
has been restored, there is no urgency to resolving these remaining matters,? 
said Boyer. ?We want to impress upon our country's leadership that, for pilots 
in the Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C., areas, for the business owners 
at the closed airports, and for specialty operators in all enhanced Class B 
airspace, this is a critical issue that must be solved now.?
 

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