In response to a possible amendment to the Senate version of the FAA funding bill that would impose a nighttime curfew at Burbank Bob Hope Airport, last evening NATA joined with other aviation associations including A4A, ALPA, NBAA, AOPA, GAMA, CAA and HAI in a letter to Senators opposing the amendment. A similar amendment was recently defeated during House consideration of the companion legislation.
In the letter, these aviation leaders noted that such a restriction would circumvent the requirements of the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990, the legislation that structured a compromise to address air carrier, general aviation, airport, and community interests. The enactment into law of such an amendment “would undoubtedly lead to the creation of a patchwork of confusing and complex operating restrictions across the country that would undermine our national aviation and airport system.”