Clock Is Ticking: Congress Must Pass FAA Reauthorization Now

Further Delay Threatens Safety of Air Transportation
September 7, 2011 - The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), called on Congress today to pass a multi-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill to maintain the nation’s high level of aviation safety and end the risk to thousands of aviation employees’ jobs if the current extension is allowed to expire on September 16.

“It is time to get serious and put the safety of aviation in the United States ahead of partisan politics,” said Capt. Lee Moak, ALPA’s president, following a news conference held today by ALPA at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. “We are in critical need of a real bill that will provide the necessary funding to enhance the future safety and efficiency of our aviation system.”
• Watch video clips of Capt. Moak at today’s press conference.