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August/September, 2007 (Vol. 19, No. 5) | international security (cover); real-world effluent mitigation practices; safety management systems primer; one-on-one with Carter & Burgess VP of Aviation Ginger Evans; noise mitigation strategies.

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FEATURES:

RETAIL/CONCESSIONS
Are Your Concessions Providing a Service? | 22
Airport concessions should be more than a revenuegenerator. They also play a valuable role in serving your customers—the flying public.

DEICING
Rubberneck Engineering | 31
New effluent guidelines focus on industry best-practices, including some already in place at airports.

SMS
Safety Management System: A Primer | 44
Safety management systems are coming to Part 139.
Here’s an overview of what they are and what they do.

SECURITY
International Matters | 52
Airport security challenges are similar around the globe. What's happening elsewhere that could provide lessons in the U.S.?

FIRST PERSON
First Person: Ginger Evans | 57
The long-time airport industry executive and Carter & Burgess principal weighs in on the need for NextGen and more.

NOISE MITIGATION
Land Acquisition: Beyond Relocating Residents | 62
The primary goal of any land-acquisition and relocation program is obvious, but it shouldn't be the only goal.

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Time to Make A Choice

Ginger Evans is no stranger to industry-altering projects.As Denver’s lead engineer during the building of Denver International Airport, she knows firsthand the benefits of getting a needed project done. So it’s appropriate that she is making an effort to speak out on the most-needed project—and most important issue—in U.S. aviation: a modernized air transportation system.

Evans addressed the subject at AAAE’s annual conference in June, and more recently discussed it on the association’s Aviation News Today program. (An edited transcript of that interview is included in this issue, starting on page 73.) Her main message: NextGen (short for the next-generation air transportation system) must get done, and the sooner, the better. We couldn’t agree more.

September 30 is just around the corner. That’s when the current FAA funding mechanism—the taxes on airline tickets and fuel— expires. And while the debate on how to structure the next funding mechanism has produced much discussion in Washington this summer, the take here is that Congress’ worst move would be no move at all.

If FAA wakes up on October 1 with no funding authorization in place, the agency will start working through about two months of cash cushion in the Aviation Trust Fund. Calling such a scenario untenable is like calling the Pacific Ocean damp. Without authorization to spend money, AIP grant distribution comes to a halt—just as it in the mid 1990s during the last significant political sword-crossing over a major FAA reauthorization bill when the taxes expired.

Avoiding a 1990s-like debacle is straightforward: The House and Senate need to get together, agree on a reauthorization bill and push it out by the end of the government’s fiscal year.

Straightforward, yes. Easy, no. (Remember, we’re talking Congress here.) The good news is, you can make a difference. Contact your senators and representatives in Washington. Tell them that, above all, you sent them there to keep the trains (or, in our case, the planes) running on time. Allowing the system to grind to a halt over a debate about how they should run will earn those responsible a ticket home—courtesy of the ballot box.

The Airport Legislative Alliance (ALA) is working behind the scenes to deliver this message to each and every influential lawmaker and staffer in town. If you’d like to join the effort, contact an ALA member at (703) 824-0504.

The message on FAA reauthorization is clear. The only right choice is making a choice.

Sean Broderick
Editor

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