[JYO] TSA UNDER PRESSURE TO REDUCE D.C.-AREA RESTRICTIONS

TSA UNDER PRESSURE TO REDUCE D.C.-AREA  RESTRICTIONS
Adm. David Stone, Transportation Security  Administration (TSA) chief, faced 
criticism last week over what some view as his  agency's foot-dragging in 
reopening airports near Washington, D.C., to general  aviation traffic. During 
a 
hearing to review the TSA's budget, Rep. Hal Rogers  (R-Ky.), chairman of the 
House subcommittee on Homeland Security and a friend to  GA, questioned Stone 
about delays in delivering a report that will outline a  plan for reopening 
Reagan National Airport and the so-called DC-3?College Park  Airport (CGS), 
Potomac Airfield (VKX), and Washington Executive/Hyde Field  (W32)?to general 
aviation traffic. That report was due to Congress on March 1.  Another TSA 
report 
that's supposed to provide updates on the continuing need for  the ADIZ 
airspace restrictions around Washington is months overdue. "AOPA hasn't  
forgotten 
about all the pilots whose access to the nation's capital is limited  by the 
ADIZ and airport restrictions, and we're m aking sure that lawmakers  don't 
forget them, either," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "That's why our  Capitol 
Hill 
staff stays in touch with key lawmakers to ensure that they  understand how 
important these issues are to pilots and that they will not  quietly disappear."

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