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51–808CC
1998
H.R. 1846: FAA'S EMERGENCY REVOCATION OF FAA LICENSES
(105–80)
HEARING
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
AVIATION
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
AUGUST 6, 1998
Printed for the use of the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman
DON YOUNG, Alaska
THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin
SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York
HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia
HOWARD COBLE, North Carolina
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
JAY KIM, California
STEPHEN HORN, California
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BOB FRANKS, New Jersey
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
JACK QUINN, New York
TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama
STEVEN C. LaTOURETTE, Ohio
SUE W. KELLY, New York
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
RICHARD H. BAKER, Louisiana
FRANK RIGGS, California
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
ROBERT W. NEY, Ohio
JACK METCALF, Washington
JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
ROY BLUNT, Missouri
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana
JOHN R. THUNE, South Dakota
CHARLES W. ''CHIP'' PICKERING, Jr., Mississippi
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JON D. FOX, Pennsylvania
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THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia
FRANK A. LoBIONDO, New Jersey
J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
VITO FOSSELLA, New York
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
ROBERT A. BORSKI, Pennsylvania
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
ROBERT E. WISE, Jr., West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
GLENN POSHARD, Illinois
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia
JERROLD NADLER, New York
PAT DANNER, Missouri
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
CORRINE BROWN, Florida
JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan
BOB FILNER, California
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
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FRANK MASCARA, Pennsylvania
GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon
MAX SANDLIN, Texas
ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, California
BILL PASCRELL, Jr., New Jersey
JAY W. JOHNSON, Wisconsin
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts
TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania
NICK LAMPSON, Texas
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
Subcommittee on Aviation
JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee, Chairman
ROY BLUNT, Missouri Vice Chairman
THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois
VERNON J. EHLERS, Michigan
RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire
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JACK METCALF, Washington
EDWARD A. PEASE, Indiana
JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania
ASA HUTCHINSON, Arkansas
MERRILL COOK, Utah
JOHN COOKSEY, Louisiana
CHARLES W. ''CHIP'' PICKERING, Jr., Mississippi
KAY GRANGER, Texas
JON D. FOX, Pennsylvania
THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia
J.C. WATTS, Jr., Oklahoma
JERRY MORAN, Kansas
VITO FOSSELLA, New York
BUD SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
(Ex Officio)
WILLIAM O. LIPINSKI, Illinois
LEONARD L. BOSWELL, Iowa
GLENN POSHARD, Illinois
NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia
JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon
JERRY F. COSTELLO, Illinois
PAT DANNER, Missouri
JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
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CORRINE BROWN, Florida
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD, California
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
JAMES L. OBERSTAR, Minnesota
JOHN ELIAS BALDACCI, Maine
MARION BERRY, Arkansas
(Ex Officio)
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CONTENTS
TESTIMONY
Anders, Frank, LaFayette, LA, Corporate Contract Pilot
Campbell, Daniel D., General Counsel, National Transportation Safety Board
Dillingham, Gerald L., Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, U.S. General Accounting Office
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Gilligan, Peggy, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification, Federal Aviation Administration, accompanied by Peter Lynch, Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement
Riggs, Harry L., Jr., President, National Transportation Safety Board Bar
Association
Stewart, Theodore (Ted) J., Orange, CA, Pilot, American Airlines
Wachendorfer, F.T., Jr., President, Chaparall, Inc., DBA Ameristar Jet Charter, Inc
Yodice, John S., General Counsel, AOPA Legislative Action
PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY WITNESSES
Anders, Frank
Campbell, Daniel D
Dillingham, Gerald L
Gilligan, Peggy
Riggs, Harry L
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Stewart, Theodore (Ted) J
Wachendorfer, F.T., Jr
Yodice, John S
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD
Anders, Frank, Corporate Contract Pilot, LaFayette, LA, sworn statements concerning revocation of licenses
ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD
Allied Pilots Association, Michael P. Cronin, Chairman, Legislative Affairs, letter, August 5, 1998
Crocker, Grover C., letter, September 5, 1998
Experimental Aircraft Association, statement
Gallegly, Hon. Elton, statement
'Has the FAA Been Coming Clean?', Business Week, June 17, 1996
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Lashbrook, Jeffrey K., e-mail, September 6, 1998
National Agricultural Aviation Association, statement
National Air Carrier Association, Edward J. Driscoll, President and Chief Executive, statement
National Air Transportation Association, statement
National Business Aviation Association, Inc., John W. Olcott, President, statement
Pangia, Michael J.,statement
Petkoff, George S., letter, September 14, 1998
Phoenix Air, George N. Crim, Jr., Director of Operations, and Randall H. Davis, Attorney, letters, September 1, 1998
Prentice, Stephen P., Attorney, statement
Van Eaton, Brigadier General Errol H., letter, August 4, 1998
Washingon Post Articles:
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False Pilot Ratings Prompt Firings, May 18, 1995
Personal Feud, or Professional Problem? DOT Official's Attack on FAA Veteran Stuns Aviation Community, July 16, 1995
Williamson, Raymond R., letter, July 1, 1996
Woermann, Peter S., FAA Docket No. 95EA250088
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