We went to the last public meeting held here in Houston on Wednesday. A room full of very unhappy people. Out of 86 registered speakers not one was for this plan, poorly conceived, costly, and really won't make anyone safer. Apparently out of only 5 public meetings across this country, not one person who spoke had anything good to say about this NPRM. No one minced words in telling these people that they should throw this into the trash and then work with the aviation professionals to develop something useful using aircraft with a much higher weight class.
Recurring theme was that "we are not public carriers, and we know our passengers ". We don't need the government coming in and telling us how we can operate our personal property.
After a little research I was able to get a little background on 2 of the 3 panel members. I think you will be surprised, you might notice a definite lack of expertise in the aviation profession. Yet, these folks are trying to make this disaster TSA policy.
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Dominick Caridi
Director, Regulatory & Economic Analysis
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Current Director, Regulatory & Economic Analysis at Transportation Security Administration
Chief Economist & Director Reg Devel & Econ Anal at TSA/DHS
Past Principal Economist at United States Postal Service
Education New School University
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Dominick Caridi’s Experience
Director, Regulatory & Economic Analysis
Transportation Security Administration
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
May 2008 — Present (9 months)
Chief Economist & Director Reg Devel & Econ Anal
TSA/DHS
(Government Administration industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
Principal Economist
United States Postal Service
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)
September 1970 — May 2006 (35 years 9 months)
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Dominick Caridi’s Education
New School University
1972 — 1975
Apparently the following lady's qualifications are that she graduated from the Naval Academy and she has been a Federal Executive. She presented a paper to the European Business Aircraft Conference last may that mirrors the LASP.
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Vicki Reeder
Asst General Manager - General Aviation at Transportation Security Administration
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Current Asst General Manager - General Aviation at Transportation Security Administration
Education USNA
Industry Airlines/Aviation
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Vicki Reeder’s Experience
Asst General Manager - General Aviation
Transportation Security Administration