the entire industry is galvanized and united as never before

we want to thank you specifically for your leadership in putting forward a solution that would keep the FAA fully funded and operational

Congress must do what it can to ensure that the FAA, its employees, and the U.S. aviation economy are protected from another Government shutdown.

The partial Government shutdown unnecessarily hurt American families and jeopardized the safety of the largest, busiest, and most complex airspace system in the world.

So if this uncertainty continues, is the future about whether these are stable, long-term jobs?

I want to ensure that the FAA has resources and funding stability needed to preserve the safety of the Nation's aviation system.

I support and have cosponsored, to make sure the FAA is funded during a government shutdown.

Your election--we do not appoint them on our side, Sam; we elect them--is a high point, and I think it is going to benefit aviation and the industry very well.

It is vital that the FAA be able to function without interruption to ensure the safety of our air system.

We are especially grateful to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman DeFazio and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Larsen for introducing H.R. 1108.

the impact of the shutdown was particularly acute

we applaud the leadership of Chairman DeFazio and Ranking Member Larsen and vigorously support the Aviation Funding and Stability Act of 2019 (H.R. 1108)

I am concerned that the system was not as safe as it could and should be during the shutdown because of the reason I already mentioned: people stressed out, not getting paychecks, doing extra work to provide for their families.

we cannot allow this to happen again

We write today to convey our strong support for the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019 (H.R. 1108).

We have to see whether or not we can actually meet the standard of evacuating a plane in 90 seconds as budget carriers and others cram more and more seats in that are narrower and narrower, less and less pitch.

Well, if people submit documents on the first of December, and you get 45 days to send back concerns, do they qualify to continue to operate on January 1?

I don't want as safely as possible. This was pretty definitive. We cannot permit noncompliant equipment to be used.

You are exactly right, Congressman.

We expect every tenant to be operating either with PTC or under an extension, under an alternative schedule.

this causes me concern that some will look at this, look at the exemption, the one granted and the one potentially in process, and say, 'Well, there is our out, you know, we are way behind schedule here.'

I hope, like the speakers before me, to hear about how we are going to meet the statutory deadlines of 2018 and full utilization by 2020.

There may be railroads that operate over our NEC tracks which may not have sufficient PTC-commissioned rolling stock to operate normal services by the end of the year.

OK. Administrator Batory, I guess you are going to get a flood of extension requests.

I find that nowhere in the law.