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

CONTENTS

Proceedings of:

July 1, 1980.

July 2, 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, Commuter 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

Page

1

113

2

28

103

125

76

256

279

159

268

200 85

135

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 Aeronautics Board, statement......

274

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

Winant, John H., president, National Business Aircraft Association, Inc.:
Statement...

Supplemental response to Mr. Fary

Supplemental response to Mr. Snyder.

Page

166

208

212

ADDITIONS TO THE RECORD

Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc., statement.
Aviation Consumer Action Project (ACAP), Cornish F. Hitchcock, associate
director, letter..

286

289

Corbett, J. J., vice president-Federal affairs, Airport Operators Council International, statement...

295

Reiber, Paul, attorney, International Air Leases, Inc., statement.