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NTSB PRESS RELEASE

National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 2, 2011

NTSB to Hold Public Hearing on Air Race and Air Show Safety

WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is holding a hearing on air race and air show safety. The hearing will be chaired by NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman, and all five Board members will participate. During the one-day meeting, the Board will gather information on the safety regulations and oversight in the planning and execution of these events. Regulators, aviation organizations, industry groups, and airport authorities will be questioned by the Board about safety practices, procedures, and protocols.

Event: Air Race and Air Show Safety Hearing

Date/Time: January 10, 2012 9:30 a.m. (EST)

Location: NTSB Board Room and Conference Center
429 L'Enfant Plaza SW, Washington, DC

Participants: NTSB five-member Board

Note: The forum's agenda and participants will be announced in a future press release.

NTSB Media Contact: Terry N. Williams (williat@ntsb.gov) (202) 314-6100

An archive of press releases is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press_releases.html

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Nice to see that they can't be bothered or concerned enough to drag their sorry heinies out of foggy bottom and hold one in each FSDO before they announce their possibly already conceived decisions.

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Great to see they've managed to lump airshows and air racing events into the same category The two really need to be viewed differently. We had a terrible amount of airshow fatalities/accidents this year but they were all performers, not a single spectator.

This how the Gov works.
Its a hearing, not a Press Conference. The hearing they ask questions and gather info/data/look good in front of a camera. A press conference is where they make those announcements about new regulations.
The NTSB can only make recommendations, so the Press Conference will be combined with the FAA who will announce new policies and procedures to inform the world they can make sure these horrible events won't happen again. All of those new policies then will have to be written into rules and regulations at that point and dispersed to all the FAA offices.
I'm sure there are all ready conferences and such going on. Now probably more will take place.
Jan 10th is post holiday and starting off the next years tasks.

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