Congratulations Baha. Wish you the greatest success. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bahadir Acuner" <bahadiracuner@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 2:51 AM Subject: AcuWings : 5 - City of Renton : 0 >I wasn't in the meeting today due to my IT gig in Idaho but both my >attorney > and my wife broke the news tonight that City of Renton and its council > members approved the operating permit for AcuWings LLC to operate a flight > school in Renton Municipal Airport. > > After thousands of dollars spent on legal fees, two complaint letters to > FAA > Seattle Flight Standards District Office, calls to AOPA and after 9 months > since the initial application to the permit, we got it! > > According to my wife the Mayor of Renton had a fit because of the approval > and she complained that "a flight school" was not among the businesses > that > City wanted to see. Other council members commented that denying an > operating permit based on the fact that City prefers a certain type of > business would be in violation of the federal grant agreements that city > signed with FAA the operating permit was voted unanimously. > > Baha Acuner > www.AcuWings.com > Fan of teaching Renton a lesson or two :)