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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Well Jay-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>These are the people that do those unimportant
things like accident investigation, aircraft safety inspections and a really
dumb one. Licensing of pilots. My application will be delayed even further now.
If your privileges expire in the time frame that the FAA has no authority,
you can no longer fly. Period. The airlines may be hit hard with expiring
commercial pilot licenses. This is no small thing. You can also bet a certain
moron senator from Oklahoma is involved in this because of his reckless
activity, just to extract some payback.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jborden@datawedge.com href="mailto:jborden@datawedge.com">Jay
Borden</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> ; <A
title=Vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision
2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 25, 2011 5:53 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Impasses lead
to shutdown of FAA</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">According
to the article, “the shutdown will not affect airline safety”… then what
exactly are these 4000 people that are on the payroll doing?
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">And…
do we need them? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">(Generally,
I’m in favor of many of these government/agency shutdowns… you’ll never really
know how much government you can live without until you wake up and never even
realize it was missing)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jay<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</A>
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tom
Hansen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 23, 2011 8:53 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Moscow
Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Impasses lead to shutdown of
FAA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Jus' another attempt by our friendly, people-oriented Tea .
. . er, uh . . . I mean Republican (it's gettin harder to tell them apart
without DNA) Party to shut down 'nother one of them commie pinko socialist
unions.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Courtesy of The Boston Globe at:<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/07/23/impasses_lead_to_shutdown_of_faa/?page=full">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/07/23/impasses_lead_to_shutdown_of_faa/?page=full</A><o:p></o:p></P>
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<H1
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 3.75pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469)"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 16.5pt">Impasses
lead to shutdown of FAA<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">WASHINGTON - Efforts
to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed yesterday
amid a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural
communities, ensuring that at midnight nearly 4,000 people will be temporarily
out of work and federal airline ticket taxes will be
suspended.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Lawmakers were
unable to resolve a partisan dispute over an extension of the agency’s
operating authority.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The subsidy cut was
included by Republicans in a House bill extending operating authority for the
FAA, which has a $16 billion budget. Senate Democrats refused to accept the
House bill with the cuts, and Republican senators refused to accept a
Democratic bill without it. Lawmakers then adjourned for the
weekend.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=apple-style-span><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">But underlying the
dispute on rural air service subsidies was a standoff between the
GOP-controlled House and the Democratic-controlled Senate over a provision in
long-term funding legislation for the FAA that would make it more difficult
for airline and railroad workers to unionize.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Obama administration
officials have said the shutdown will not affect air safety. Air traffic
controllers will remain on the job. But airlines will lose the authority to
collect about $200 million a week in ticket taxes that go into a trust fund
that pays for FAA programs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">FAA employees whose
jobs are paid for with trust fund money will be furloughed, including nearly
1,000 workers at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, 647 workers at FAA’s
technology and research center in Atlantic City, and 124 workers at the
agency’s training center in Oklahoma City.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">“These are real
people with families who do not deserve to be put out of work during these
tough economic times,’’ FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in a
statement.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Airline passengers
could see a big savings on their airfares, but the situation is complicated.
Federal taxes on a $300 round-trip airfare are about $61, but about half of
that is airport and security fees that will continue to be collected,
according to the Air Transport Association.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Airlines, alerted
earlier this week that FAA authority could expire, have been making
adjustments to their computer systems and websites so that at midnight, taxes
will no longer be added to airfares, the association
said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">One airline, US
Airways, was already raising its fares. Other airlines may try to reap a
windfall profit from the tax holiday.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Passengers who
bought their tickets before the shutdown but who travel during the shutdown
may wind up due a refund, Treasury Department spokeswoman Sandra Salstrom
said. That’s because it’s not clear whether the government can keep taxes for
travel that takes place during a period when the government doesn’t have
authority to collect taxes, she said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Likewise, it’s not
clear if passengers who buy tickets after midnight with no taxes included will
wind up owing taxes if their travel takes place after FAA’s operating
authority is restored, she said.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Long-term funding
authority for the FAA expired in 2007. Unable to agree on new long-term
funding legislation for the agency, Congress has kept the FAA operating
through a series of 20 short-term extension bills. The extensions had been
routine until this week.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The Senate passed a
long-term bill in February; and the House a different version in April.
Lawmakers have resolved most of the differences between the bills, but no
progress has been made on a half dozen or more controversial
issues.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Republicans said
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, is insisting that a
labor provision in the House bill sought by the airline industry must be
dropped before negotiations can go forward.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The labor provision
would overturn a National Mediation Board rule approved last year that allows
airline and railroad employees to form a union by a simple majority of those
voting. Under the old rule, workers who didn’t vote were treated as “no’’
votes. The Republicans complain that the new rule reverses 75 years of
precedent to favor labor unions. Democrats and union officials say the change
puts airline and railroad elections under the same democratic rules required
for unionizing all other companies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">The White House
warned in March that President Obama might veto the bill if the labor
provision is retained.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Just before he
blocked the Democrats’ extension bill, Senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican,
said he shared House Republicans’ frustration “that favors to organized labor
have overshadowed the prospects for long-term FAA’’
funding.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 15.75pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">Another unresolved
issue involves about $200 million in air services subsidies to rural
communities. The program was created when airlines were deregulated in 1978 to
ensure continued air service on less profitable routes to isolated
communities. The House long-term FAA bill would eliminate the program except
for airports in Alaska.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Seeya round town, Moscow.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist
expects it to change <SPAN class=apple-style-span>and the Realist adjusts
his sails."</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>- Unknown<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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