Political Quotes

“The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority has submitted an application to the Federal Aviation Administration for authority to impose a passenger facility charge [PFC] of $3 on each passenger enplaned at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. The FAA is to make a decision on approval of this application by the end of this month. Approval of this request is very important to the airport authority. It plans to use a portion of the PFC revenues to fund current and future property acquisitions and construction at the airport. In addition, the PFC's would be used to recover that portion of the cost of reconstructing and expanding the passenger terminal that was incurred after November 5, 1990. The airport authority has been advised by the FAA that costs incurred after November 5, 1990 may not be recovered unless the contract under which the work was done was entered after November 5, 1990. This is the issue that I wish to discuss with my friend from Kentucky. I believe that the FAA is misinterpreting its mandate from Congress.”