House Proceeding 07-23-09 on Jul 23rd, 2009 :: 1:41:45 to 1:46:05
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John W. Olver: a sought to find other solutions to improve the airspace. clearly there is support for putting -- th has expired. . frelinghuysen: i yield myself another 30 seconds. members of congress proposed several studies to improve the airspace, clearly there's support for putting this

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Speech By: John W. Olver

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John W. Olver: redesign on hold. mr. speaker, despite the fact thatppropriations bills over many years have directed the f.a.a. to address the issue of aircraft noise, the f.a.a. has turned a deaf ear to this issue. maybe they will hear us this time. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves who claims time in opposition.

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John W. Olver: mr. olver: i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. olver: mr. chairman, the amendment offered prohibits the implementation of the new york air space design which f.a.a. has worked on now for about 10 queers and it would appear from

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John W. Olver: the gentleman's language that it is on the basis of airport noise, not overhead noise but rather the ground n well, airplanes nowadays, each new sequence of irpes is quieter than thewere in the past at all levels and more efficient at all levels,

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John W. Olver: whether they're plying h low or on the ground, than had been p but that is only one point here. we have -- many parts of this country have completed the redesign of the air space in

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John W. Olver: their regions over the last several years. all over the country. why is that important? it's important because the national airspace is now carrying 750 million passengers per year and is expected to be

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John W. Olver: increasing by 50% between 2025. today already, 40% of all flight delays in the national airspace system are part of the new york area flights, both incoming and outgoing, which then causes backups all over the country. we know we're approaching gridlock in our air traffic

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John W. Olver: control system which is based on ground basesight by radar system that is half a century old. really old technology. we know we need to switch to a network-satellite-based system much more quickly than the present estimate of the year 2025. to do that, we must finish

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John W. Olver: airspace redesign all over the nation, but particularly, because of the congestion, the extensive congestion in the new york area, particularly in the new york area. so the space design and modern satellite based traffic control lows planes to fly close e--

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John W. Olver: closer together, higher up on a direct path, save energy in the process, run quietly because they can stay higher longer and be on the ground less than previously was the case. the added capacity is absolutely necessary and will finally reduce delays in this most congested area by allowing

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John W. Olver: the redesign benefits accrue from environmental purposes, reducing emissions, benefits are provided to the controllers because the new technology increases the flexibility in routing and helps balance their workload. this amendment would delay the removal of congestion. it would prolong the use of

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John W. Olver: outdated, inefficient technology. it would put noise reduction that is in the design process at bay and it would delay the safe expansion of our air traffic travel capacity. we have to move on in this 21st century and develop the fully