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.

Mr. Hoffman, do you believe that the issue of quiet technology has been given enough priority in this whole discussion?

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 neglected to a large degree.

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.

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.

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?

The reason why Mo Udall and I passed this bill is because being outside El Tobar Lodge was like being at the end of the runway at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.

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 would say that the folks that have not been paying fees for quite some time, if ever, should not be allowed to fly.

What does 'final review' mean, Ms. Gilligan?

Thank you very much, and your full text, as well as the comments you wish included in the record, will be made a part of the record without objection.

Well, let me just suggest to you on the alternative dispute resolution, I think everybody would go to the meeting recognizing that you are bound by court decisions.

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.