Federal Flight Deck Officer Program Highly Cost-Effective Component of Aviation Security
May 9, 2012 - Capt. Lee Moak, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), issued the following statement regarding the U.S. House Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security Subcommittee’s action to reject a proposed budget cut and sustain funding at the current level in the fiscal year 2013 budget for the Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program. Currently, the FFDO program fiscal year 2012 funding is $25 million. President Obama has proposed to cut the program’s funding by $13 million in his fiscal year 2013 budget.

“We applaud the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, and the leadership of Chairman Robert Aderholt, for their commitment to the Federal Flight Deck Officer program and to advancing aviation security by protecting the program’s funding in the 2013 budget.”