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 to do so.

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 aircraft, I simply cannot do that.

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 parks since the act was passed in 2000.

15 years ago, Congress passed the National Parks Overflight Act of 1987.

Mr. Bosak, the air tour operators believe no matter how quiet an aircraft may be, any air tour that is audible will not satisfy the Park Service or environmental critics of the industry. What is your reaction to that allegation?

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 were incentives for them to do so.

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 in recent days.

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.

one reason we have been able to cooperate so well is because Senator Feinstein always has very good ideas.

I am very supportive and certainly concur with what Senator Hatch was just saying on the speed with which we could try to move this legislation.

Executives must return all compensation, as Senators Dorgan and McCain have urged, that is directly derived from proven misconduct.

Secretary Brownlee and General Keane, the role of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in the United States Military's ability to project power was recently validated in Sha-e-Kot, Afghanistan.