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Post by flyguy on Mar 16, 2016 7:10:23 GMT -5
This hearing is in front of the Transportation, HUD, and related agencies appropriations committee. This committee is chaired by Senator Susan Collins R of Maine, the ranking member is Senator Jack Reed D of Rhode Island. Senators Collins and Reed sent both signed on to a letter to Sec. Foxx about the CWO program. I'm sure they will probably ask some questions in todays hearing. Here is a link to the hearing, it starts at 2:30 today. www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-to-review-the-fy17-us-dept-of-transportation-budget-request |
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Post by flyguy on Mar 16, 2016 13:27:04 GMT -5
Just wanted to bump this, the hearing starts in 5 minutes
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Post by boxingkangaroos on Mar 16, 2016 14:47:20 GMT -5
One Senator just spoke about the CWO, she asked a solid question about the ATC not being able to report freezing pcpn from the TWR cab. i only seemed to catch the very end but the FAA guy seemed to just spit back the same rhetoric we have all heard before "no decision has been made but your letter has prompted us to revisit and review our procedures and pending an internal review of local safety panels by the FAA we will make a decision then and be happy to share with you" I'm paraphrasing but that is the jist of what he said
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Post by skobie on Mar 16, 2016 15:16:58 GMT -5
CWO questioning starts about 1 hour 21 minutes and ends about 1 hour 26 minutes. I'll give you a heads up in that Secretary Foxx is not all that informative and literally looked like a proverbial "deer in the headlights" in trying to answer any of the many statements and questions that Madame Collins threw at him like a book!
skobie
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Post by kukblue1 on Mar 16, 2016 16:56:13 GMT -5
Same old same old in my book. Also lets focus on Thunderstorms, Tornadoes and Hail also not just cold weather states.
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Post by snowwx on Mar 17, 2016 0:08:37 GMT -5
Now somebody has to prevent the FAA from giving false information to congress ...which they have been doing previously...(you know when you lie its contempt of congress...you know a jailable offense...oh, FAA you didnt know? ok, then keep it up...Congress has to know when the BS crap is being spewed from the FAA and not cave to their crap...
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Post by toofarnorth on Mar 17, 2016 14:38:34 GMT -5
The SRM needs to be exposed for what it is - just a smoke screen to let them do what they want. Keep up the contacts folks...
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