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B-168536 1 (1969-12-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkmd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0 9( - / RE -~Not tc !e ~e utsd the OeneraI Accounting Oifice except or the basis of spesfic apPrOVaI /- by the Office of Legislative Lffiso , a record o which is kept by tlM r nch OAS WASHINGTON oC 20548 RELEASED B-1l68536 X 93DEC 2 31969 Dear Mr. Long: In your letter dated November 26, 1969, you requested that we comment on matters brought to your attention in a letter dated November 21, 1969, which you received from Colonel Albert K. Tank, President, Aberdeen Proving Ground Flying Club. Colonel Tank's letter and the attachments refer, in substance, to legislation pending on aviation user charges and to certain regulations pro- posed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding air- port traffic control which, he indicated, would be discriminatory against general aviation traffic at major commercial airports. The proposed legislation presently under consideration by the Congress regarding user charges provides for the application of revenues derived from these charges to the modernization and expan- sion of the airport and airway system. It is the intent of this legislation that those who benefit most from the proposed improve- ments to the airport and airway system should bear the cost of such improvements. The user charges provided for in the proposed legis- lation apply to commercial air carriers as well as to general avia- tion, both of which will benefit from improvements made to the airport and airway system with revenues derived from the proposed user charges. The proposed regulations relative to airport traffic control are intended to segregate aircraft within airspace designated as terminal control areas through the adoption of air traffic rules that would govern the operation of aircraft within these areas. While the proposed regulations would impose operating and equip- ment requirements that might be difficult for some elements of general aviation to meet, the regulations would not prohibit any segment of aviation, with the possible exception of that involv- ing student pilots, from operating within the designated terminal control areas. The regulations proposed by FAA relative to airport traific control systems will be the subject of public hearings scheduled to be held during December 1969 and January 1970 in 22 cities where traffic at major air terminals would be affected by the implementation of FAA's proposed regulations. These hearings WI-

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