ADIZ public meetings

[Richard]

FAA ANNOUNCES ADIZ PUBLIC MEETINGS
Security officials will finally get to hear directly from pilots, airport
managers, and others about the economic and operational impacts of the
Washington, D.C., Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Thanks to
AOPA's persistent efforts, contact by numerous members of Congress, and
input from affected pilots, the FAA has announced two public meetings in
January, which will also be attended by representatives from the departments
of Defense and Homeland Security. "This represents the first time since
9/11 that security officials and the FAA will attend public meetings
together about airspace issues," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "The
government will finally hear it from the people in their own words." The
public meetings were promised by Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta
at AOPA Expo in November. The FAA wants to hear specifics from pilots,
including how much the ADIZ has reduced their flying, what has been the
loss of time and revenue for pilots forced to fly longer routes because of
the ADIZ, and whether the ADIZ has caused a loss of income. The public
meetings are scheduled for January 12 at the Sheraton Hotel in Columbia,
Maryland, and January 18 at the Airport Marriott in Dulles, Virginia. The
meetings at both locations will run between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., then start
again at 6:30 p.m. and run until 9 p.m. Pilots wishing to speak will need
to submit a written request by January 5 for the first meeting. Download
the meeting announcement ( http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2005/05ac84.pdf ).

 

[iflyatiger]

The only problem I see with this is the likelyhood of a small turnout of our people due to the location of the meetings. I hope they don't turn this around on us to show very low numbers of people against the adiz. As compared to the larger numbers that were able to write in against it.