EARLY SUNSET OF THE CIVIL

AERONAUTICS BOARD

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION

OF THE

U.S. Congress of mate

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE,
SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION.
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1425 and S. 1426

TO TERMINATE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE CIVIL AERO-
NAUTICS BOARD, TO TRANSFER OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE
BOARD TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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JULY 7, 8, AND 9, 1981

Serial No. 97-57

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1981

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Cohen, Marvin, Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, accompanied by Gloria

Schaeffer, Elizabeth Bailey, James Smith, members; David Kirstein, Gener-

al Counsel; and Barbara Clark, Director, Bureau of Domestic Aviation

Prepared statement

Questions of the committee and the answers thereto.

Driscoll, Edward J., president, National Air Carriers Association

Prepared statement

Ekedahl, Duane H., president, Commuter Airline Association of America

(CAAA), accompanied by Preston H. Wilbourne, president and chief execu-

tive officer, Air Wisconsin; Jerry L. Seaborn, president, Metro Airlines;

Alan R. Stephen, vice president, operations, CÃAA; and Calvin Davison,

general counsel

Prepared statement

Questions of the committee and the answers thereto

Green, Gary, director, legal department, Air Line Pilots association, accompa-

nied by James Tello, Esq.

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Prepared statement

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Questions of the committee and the answers thereto.

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Hammarskjold, Knut, director general, International Air Transport_Associ-

ation, accompanied by Bert Rein, Washington counsel; and Geoffrey

Lipman, executive director..

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Prepared statement

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Ignatius, Paul, president, Air Transport Association, accompanied by Norman

J. Philion, executive vice president; and James E. Landry, senior vice

president and general counsel.

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Prepared statement

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Questions of the committee and the answers thereto.

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Reilly, J. Donald, executive vice president, Airport Operators Council Interna-

tional, accompanied by J. J. Corbett, vice president for Federal affairs; and

Barney Parrella, vice president for economic affairs.

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Prepared statement

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Questions of the committee and the answers thereto.

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Trent, Darrell, Deputy Secretary of Transportation, accompanied by Judith

Connor, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs; and Frank

Willis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs,

Department of Transportation