Ray Lahood is speaking about the FAA madness

[malaise]

at the WH - says they has been routine on 22 previous occasions.

[RT Atlanta]

1. As someone noted earlier

... shut down all air traffic. If the republicans want to hold everything else hostage, let's close this agency and all air traffic too until a "solution" (or should I say, 'compromise') is reached.

[gateley]

2. All that sounds so good, but I'm not so sure what it would

ultimately accomplish. With this group of terrorists in DC, I'm not too sure they'd snap to and agree to that "compromise". And they'd get their (far superior to ours) Media Machine going full tilt to make sure the blame lays in the laps of the Dems.

Meanwhile, as always, the people are the ones who suffer the consequences. :shrug:

[RT Atlanta]

4. I dont think it would really help either

and you're correct that the people are the ones who'll suffer the most (ruined vacations, business trips, etc.).

I get the sense that a big line in the sand has been drawn and we have to fight the bullies or they'll push our country off the cliff that it is presently standing on - hence the shut it down approach.

[Democrats_win]

3. Remember when conservatives merely wanted people to pay for what they used?

Now with this FAA thing, who's paying for all of the government services involving air flight?

Just another example of how "conservatives" have left the building.

[UTUSN]

5. K&R #3 for, let's put a name on the ignorant a-hole: John MICA

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1588600





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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-john-mica-calls-tsa-...

Rep. John Mica Calls TSA His 'Little Bastard Child'

March 30, 2011

Rep. John Mica, the Florida Republican who helped set up the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) after 9/11 but has made no secret of his hatred for it, today called the agency "the little bastard child I created."

He said the agency is out of control, has far too many screeners and highly paid bureaucrats. Mica said, "The bad news is I created them after 9/11, the good news is I am now chairman and I will get them." Mica said, as he has before, that he would like to turn over screening to private companies under TSA supervision.



http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/400669/larry-hanna...

Rep. John Mica: No end in sight for FAA reauthorization bill

On Monday U.S. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., said he had no idea when a FAA reauthorization bill would pass. Mica, the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is locked in a feud with Senate Democrats over a provision that would make it easier for airport workers to unionize.

Mica has said he won't allow a that provision to pass, while Senate Democrats are refusing to allow anything to pass without that provision.

The FAA shut down non-essential operations Friday because no reauthorization bill was approved. Flights have not been affected, but construction at a airports has stopped.

Airlines have not had to collect FAA mandated taxes on airfares since Friday, but the airlines raised their rates that day, so consumers have not seen a decrease in airfare.



http://atwonline.com/international-aviation-regulation/...

FAA partial shutdown continues; lawmakers refuse to budge

Around 4,000 FAA employees have been furloughed. ($200 million per week in taxes are being lost without savings to consumers.)

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