HEARINGS BEFORE THE AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE NINETIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 3566 TO AMEND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958, WITH RESPECT TO THE DEFINITION OF "SUPPLEMENTAL AIR TRANSPORTATION," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Agger, Hon. Donald G., Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Programs, Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C... Cramer, Glenn A., first vice president, National Air Carrier Association, Washington, D.C., and president, Trans International Airlines, Inc., Oakland, Calif.; accompanied by: Edward J. Driscoll, president, Na- tional Air Carrier Association, Washington, D.C., and Clayton Burwell, attorney for Trans International Airlines, Inc., Washington, D.C.......... Crooker, Hon. John H., Jr., Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, Wash- Low, Harold S., chairman of the board and president, American Inter- national Travel Service, Boston, Mass.; accompanied by: Stephen Potts, attorney for American International Travel Service, Washington, D.C.. Barch, John R., vice president, industry association affairs, Trans World Hunt, Lucian, president, American Flyers Airline Corp., Ardmore, Okla.. Montgomery, James, vice president, passenger sales, Pan American Air- Tipton, Stuart G., president, Air Transport Association, Washington, D.C. ADDITIONAL LETTERS AND STATEMENTS American Airlines, James P. Bass, vice president, letter to Senator Mon- Berry World Travel, Inc., letter to Senator Monroney. Fichtenbaum, George L., executive director, American Society of Travel Monroney, Hon. A. S. Mike, U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma, 92 National Air Carrier Association, Inc., letter to Senator Monroney. 117 Rogal Travel Service, Keith C. Rogal, president, letter to Senator Mon- 124 Southern Florida Hotel and Motel Association, statement_ 119 122 121 SUPPLEMENTAL AIR TRANSPORTATION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1968 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room 6202, New Senate Office Building, Hon. A. S. Mike Monroney, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators Monroney, Hart, and Pearson. Senator PEARSON. Ladies and gentlemen, let's get started. I understand Senator Monroney is running a little late, and Mr. Crooker, Chairman of the CAB, is here and he has a pretty tight schedule this morning, so I am going to ask that we proceed and ask Mr. Crooker, if he will come forward. STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN H. CROOKER, JR., CHAIRMAN, CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Mr. CROOKER. Senator, I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you today. I am here to express the Board's support of the objectives of S. 3566, which would remove any doubts about the Board's authority to permit supplemental air carriers to conduct inclusive tour charters. We have a prepared statement which we would like to leave with the committee. If I may take a moment to summarize some of the salient points, with your permission, I will make no effort to read the entire statement. Senator PEARSON. The entire statement will be put in the record in its entirety, and we would appreciate if you would just summarize. Mr. CROOKER. First, as to the present state of the law; as you know, the Board believed it had authority to authorize inclusive tours. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia agreed with the Board in a case involving domestic operations holding that we have this authority. The second circuit court, on the other hand, disagreed in a case. involving international operations. The first case didn't go to the Supreme Court. Certiorari was granted in the second case in order that the conflict might be resolved and when the matter came to the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the decision and the Supreme Court split 4 to 4 in the second case. In our judgment this was not necessarily resolving the conflict between the decisions of the two circuit courts. |