FAA
Reading your article on Transportation Secretary James Burnley’s attack on the Federal Aviation Administration (Part I, March 24) and present day air traffic safety procedures, before the Senate Commerce Committee, I was struck with a profound sense of deja vu .
Thirty years ago, as a junior staffer for the same Senate committee, I was privileged to play a small role in the passage of the Federal Aviation Act, which abolished the former Civil Aeronautics Administration because it was thought to be hindered by bureaucratic restraints and unduly influenced by the industry it regulated--all to the detriment of the flying public.
The French have another appropriate expression: “The more things change, the more they remain the same.”
JOHN W. BLACK
Newport Beach
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