S. 39
TO AMEND THE FEDERAL AVIATION ACT OF 1958 TO PROVIDE
A MORE EFFECTIVE PROGRAM TO PREVENT AIRCRAFT PIRACY

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

JANUARY 9 AND 10, 1973

Serial No. 93–1

LAW LIBRARY
Printed for the use of the Committee on Coniind ceNTS DEPARTMENT

FEB 1 2 1973

URL.VERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island

NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire VANCE HARTKE, Indiana

JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas PHILIP A. HART, Michigan

ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana

MARLOW W. COOK, Kentucky FRANK E. MOSS, Utah

TED STEVENS, Alaska ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii JOHN V. TUNNEY, California ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

FREDERICK J. LORDAN, Staff Director

MICHAEL PERTSCHUK, Chief Counsel
ROBERT E. GINTHER, Professional Staff Member
ARTHUR PANKOPF, Jr., Minority Staff Director

JOHN KIRTLAND, Minority Staff Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION

HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada, Chairman WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire PHILIP A, HART, Michigan

JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas VANCE HARTKE, Indiana

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii

MARLOW W. COOK, Kentucky FRANK E. MOSS, Utah

TED STEVENS, Alaska JOHN V. TUNNEY, California

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

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CONTENTS

Opening statement by Senator Cannon.-

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

JANUARY 9, 1973

Bean, George J., director, Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Tampa,

Fla., and Chairman of the Federal Affairs Committee, Airport Operators

Council International, accompanied by J. Donald Reilly, executive vice

president, Airport Operators Council International; Donald G. Shay,

director of aviation, port of Seattle, Wash., and AOCI second vice presi-

dent; Erle A. Taylor, director of aviation for Clark County, Las Vegas,

Nev.; J. J. Corbett, AOCI vice president, Federal Affairs; Richard D.

Ford, Seattle, Wash.; Barton Jacka, chief deputy sheriff, Clark County,

Nev.

Gross, G. M., vice president, Southern Airways, Inc., Atlanta, Ga-----
Hoyt, Russell, executive vice president, American Association of Airport

Executives, Washington, D.C----

Shea, William F., commissioner of Aviation, Broome County, N.Y.,

Binghamton, N.Y.--

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Anderson, Richard, Scent Unlimited, Oxford, Miss---

Bliley, Thomas J., Jr., mayor of Richmond, Va., on behalf of the National

League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of mayors, accompanied by

Larry Snowhite, legislative counsel.

Prepared statement..

Bauter, Robert T., corporate security director, Hughes Airwest--

Cramton, Roger C., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel,

Department of Justice---

Letter of January 29, 1973-

Prepared statement.--

Eckhardt, Hon. Robert, U.S. Representative from Texas---

Text of H.R. 1800-

Ignatius, Paul R., executive vice president, Air Transport Association of

America, accompanied by James Landry, general counsel ; and Harry

Murphy, director of security--

Prepared statement.-

Meadows, John, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation and

Telecommunications, Department of State, accompanied by David B.

Ortman, Assistant Chief, Aviation Programs and Policy Division---

O'Donnell, John J., president, Air Lines Pilots Association, accompanied

by Capt. Lee Hines, pilot Eastern Airlines; and Capt. Bill Haas, pilot,

Southern Air ys.-

Prepared statement.-

Volpe, Hon. John A., Secretary, Department of Transportation, accom-

panied by John Barnum, General Counsel ; Gen. Ben Davis, Assistant

Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs; and Jim Murphy, Director,

FAA Office of Air Security---

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