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REGULATORY REFORM IN AIR TRANSPORTATION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE,
AND TRANSPORTATION
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 292

TO AMEND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958 TO BRING
ABOUT THE PHASED AND PROGRESSIVE TRANSITION TO AN
AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHICH WILL RELY ON COM-
PETITIVE MARKET FORCES TO DETERMINE THE VARIETY,
QUALITY, AND PRICE OF INTERSTATE AND OVERSEAS AIR
SERVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

S. 689

TO AMEND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958 TO ENCOUR-
AGE, DEVELOP, AND ATTAIN AN AIR TRANSPORTATION
SYSTEM WHICH RELIES ON COMPETITIVE MARKET FORCES
TO DETERMINE THE VARIETY, QUALITY, AND PRICE OF AIR
SERVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MARCH 25, 1977

Page

Bradley, Frederick W., Jr., vice president, Citibank..

686

Prepared statement_

697

Heath, Alan F., president and chief executive officer, Pacific American

Airlines

676

Prepared statement.

681

Kelly, Arthur F., chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Western

Air Lines; accompanied by Gerald O'Grady, senior vice president, legal;

and James Mitchell..

517

546

567

Prepared statement of Mr. Kelly.

Prepared statement of Mr. O'Grady

Me Gurdy, William, vice president, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the

United States.

Ordway, William A., director of Arizona Department of Transportation,

chairman, American Association of State Highway and Transportation

Officials Standing Committee on Aviation; accompanied by Henrik

Stafseth, executive director; and Bob Aaronson, State aviation adminis-

trator for the Maryland Department of Transportation.

Prepared statement__

Weintraub, Norman, director of research, International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Union; accompanied
by Norman Goldstein, assistant director of organizing; and Bartley
O'Hara, legislative counsel...

Wexler, Harvey, senior vice president, international and governmental

affairs, Continental Air Lines, Inc.; accompanied by Lee Hydeman,

counsel

Prepared statement of Mr. Wexler-

Prepared statement of Mr. Hydeman-

MARCH 28, 1977

Budd, H. Boyce, Jr., vice president, Summit Airlines.

Burwell, Lewis C., Jr., chairman, Pinehurst Airlines...

Letter of March 30, 1977.

690

721

724

703

573

584

599

765

738

742

Butler, Charles F., president, Air New England, Inc. -

727

Jarmin, Gary, legislative director, American Conservative Union; ac-

companied by Maynard H. Dixon, Jr.

757

Shaffer, John H., former Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration_
Wilbourne, Preston H., president, Air Wisconsin, Inc..

751

742

MARCH 29, 1977

Borman, Frank, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Eastern

Air Lines, Inc. __

Castro, Hon. Raul H., Governor, State of Arizona on behalf of the Four

Corners Regional Commission; accompanied by James Burger, counsel;

Bud Thar, National Governors' Conference; and John Walters, Arizona

Department of Transportation –

769

Prepared statement..

Attachments.......

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