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United States Pilots Association |
USPA has been very vocal in the area of outsourcing of services by the FAA in an attempt to reduce costs. We all know that government outsourcing is a direct road to cost overruns and mismanagement of funds.
AVWEB's issue of Thursday, September 28th, quotes the Washington Post as stating the FAA is under fire for wasting money in a project that was designed to fast track its contracting process by using pre qualified vendors. The project has been shut down by the Transportation Department's Office of The Inspector General for awarding 114 contracts under the system with a potential value of $543 million dollars.
I also noticed a blurb buried in a news release that the City of Chicago was fined multiple thousands of dollars for the closing of Meigs Field. Guess where the money is going. Why, to the improvements at O'Hare Airport. Cost to the city and Mayor Daley in real dollars: $0. Why was the airport plowed up? "It presented a security risk to the City of Chicago."
The next time you are asked to quietly submit to the imposition of user fees, feel free to quote these two examples of why not to give any more of our money to the FAA.
Steve Uslan, President
United States Pilots Association