Byron Dorgan: “Let me observe that we were able to get that bill out of the Commerce Committee because we did not deal with the slot…”

“Let me observe that we were able to get that bill out of the Commerce Committee because we did not deal with the slot issue. I understand there is an appetite for slots and perimeters. The only way we will get an FAA reauthorization bill done is if we get it out of the Senate and get into conference somehow. That is the dilemma. If we get involved in a lengthy debate with multiple amendments on slots and perimeters, we may never get the FAA authorization off the floor. We will never have the opportunity to get all the other things that relate to that bill. It seems to me we could in conference, even as it goes to conference, work on a solution that would resolve some of the issues the Senator mentioned.”