Regulations and Government
NATA Calls Town Halls Successful
After recent visits to three Florida airports under pressure either to close or severely restrict operations, National Air Transportation Association presi

After recent visits to three Florida airports under pressure either to close or severely restrict operations, National Air Transportation Association president Jim Coyne termed the “town hall” meetings successful.

“I’ve visited thousands of airports and spoken to scores and scores of communities like this time and time again,” Coyne stated at a meeting in Naples, Fla., where the FAA recently ruled that the Naples Municipal Airport’s ban on Stage 2 aircraft was illegal. “People will stand up and say, ‘Shouldn’t we be able to overturn this somehow? Shouldn’t we be able to assert our preemption over the federal government because, after all, we’re American.’ Time and time again the courts reach the same decision: the federal government’s preemption is just and honorable.”