I don't think a voluntary program meets the urgency of the situation.
one of the objections to Kyoto, and there are several, is that developing nations are not included;
I’ve never seen anything like that ad, putting pictures of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to a picture of a man who left three limb...
I would say that the folks that have not been paying fees for quite some time, if ever, should not be allowed to fly.
15 years ago, Congress passed the National Parks Overflight Act of 1987.
I believe that if we continue focusing our attention on this issue we can perhaps get some kind of resolution to it.
So we do not know what final review means, because you have to get on her schedule.
Mr. Hoffman, do you believe that the issue of quiet technology has been given enough priority in this whole discussion?
My understanding is that with the proper incentives there is quiet technology out there that could be adopted by air tour operators if there...
I think that is a very important point. The free enterprise system not only rewards but sometimes it punishes as well, as we are finding out...
Once a final rule is issued, how soon will the two agencies be ready to develop an air tour management plan?
Fifteen years is much too long to wait for a quieter park and a richer experience.
I think it is one of many ways to address this problem, but it has been our impression, either rightly or wrongly, that that aspect has been...
if we cannot get this issue moved forward, then it seems to me it is going to be extremely difficult to move the other parks forward.
It seems to me the free enterprise system indicates that if you want people to spend money, you have to have some kind of incentive for them...
And I am sure if one of the small operators was sitting at the table next to Mr. Bosak he would say, I cannot afford $1.2 million per aircra...
Are there issues between the FAA and the Park Service that have complicated and therefore delayed the promulgation of the final rule?
Concerning the general overflights issue, Ms. Gilligan, I have received reports that new air tour operations have begun at certain national ...
