Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation.

PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
PENALTIES FOR AVIATION SAFETY VIOLATIONS

TO AMEND TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE, TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL PENALITIES FOR SAFETY VIOLA-
TIONS; TO INCREASE CIVIL PENALTY LIMITS; AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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JULY 1 AND 2, 1980

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Public Works and Transportation

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1980

H.R. 7488: A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to provide additional

criminal penalties for safety violations; to increase civil penalty limits, and

for other purposes.

TESTIMONY

Bond, Hon. Langhorne M., Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration,

accompanied by Clark Onstad, Chief Counsel, FAA; and Jonathan Howe,

Deputy Chief Counsel, FAA..

Ekedahl, Duane H., president, Commuter Airline Association of America

(CAAA), accompanied by Alan Stephen, vice president, operations, Commut-

er Airline Association of America; and Calvin Davison, general counsel,

Commuter Airline Association of America..

Landry, James E., senior vice president and general counsel, Air Transport

Association of America, accompanied by Walter A. Jensen, vice president,

operations and engineering of ATA

McAdams, Hon. Francis H., member, National Transportation Safety Board,
accompanied by David C. Zimmerman, Deputy General Counsel; and Frank
T. Taylor, Director, Bureau of Accident Investigation (NTSB).

Pryde, Capt. Gerald, first vice president, Air Line Pilots Association, accompa-

nied by Seth Rosen, manager, contract administration, Legal ALPA.

Robertson, Reuben B., Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Civil Aero-

nautics Board

Riggs, Harry, Jr., Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association

Stimpson, Edward W., president, General Aviation Manufacturers Associ-
ation, accompanied by Stanley J. Green, vice president and general coun-
sel
Winant, John H., president, National Business Aircraft Association, accompa-
nied by Robert D. Powell, Mark McDermott, and Frederic B. McIntosh..
Yodice, John S., Washington counsel, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association..

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Arnold & Porter, attorneys for Braniff Airways, Inc., Melvin C. Garbow, Esq.,
letter

Bond, Hon. Langhorne M., Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration,

statement.

11

Ekedahl, Duane H., president, Commuter Airline Association of America,

statement with attachments.

95

Landry, James E., senior vice president and general counsel, Air Transport

Association:

Statement....

114

Letter supplementing testimony

133

McAdams, Hon. Francis, member, National Transportation Safety Board,

statement.

62

Riggs, Harry L., Jr., Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association, statement..

153

Robertson, Reuben B., Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Civil Aero-
nautics Board, statement.....

274

Rosen, Seth, manager of legal affairs, Air Line Pilots Association, statement
Stimpson, Edward W., president, General Aviation Manufacturers Associ-
ation, statement....

246

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