> Kerry Pledges More Priority, Security For Airlines > By Denise Marois > 06/01/2004 10:08:54 AM > On the campaign trail, Kerry has offered little insight into what sort of > aviation policies he might adopt, Just like everything else - he has no real plan in mind, aviation or otherwise. > > > On air traffic control, aides said as president Kerry would "take steps to > ameliorate" Why does he use a 50 cents word instead of "make better." (Becuase he's better than use peons - just ask him.) > Kerry supports the current method for funding security with the government > assuming most of the congressionally imposed cost for baggage and passenger > screening, while the rest should continue to come from passenger security fees > that were added after Sept. 11. He also wants the government to pay for its > mandates on shoulder-fired missile protection, but will wait until he has all > the facts before deciding on that issue, his sources said. This guy is nuts and a clear-and-present danger. Adding anti-missile defense to jet liners is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars - not just in installation costs but also operating costs. Of course, with him being a Democraft, it doesn't bother him to use tax payer money for stupid things like this. > Kerry stands by the current collective bargaining process and would not > encourage congressional intervention. > Republican-led OMBs are much more aggressive in discouraging agency rulemaking > proposals that impose new regulation, said a lobbyist who has regular dealings > with the agency. > > A Democratic OMB would also lean more favorably toward environmental and > consumer rules, he added. Regardless of whether the evnironmental policy is based on sound science or consumer rules are based on common sense. > One Republican lobbyist said that someone outside the Senate will have to give > Kerry an aviation vision, "and he will be one with it despite having no nexus to > his tenure in the Senate." This lobbyist likened Kerry's understanding of > aviation to Boston Logan Airport's passenger security before and after Sept. 11 > -- too little and then too much, which resulted in neither effectiveness nor > efficiency. Which is a common Kerry trait. He's both for and against something at the same time. > > David R Comments are mine and those of people who have an iq greater than 4.3