Commission Meeting Agendas:
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Monday, April 28th
3:30 Welcome by Chairman Norman Mineta
Self-Introduction of Commissioners
Vice-chair selection
4:15 Welcoming remarks, Secretary Rodney Slater
4:30 Travel Briefing
Tuesday, April 29th
8:45 Federal Budget Process
Presentation by Jack Basso, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, DOT
Overview of federal budget process and aviation revenues and spending. Explanation of different types of spending and why they matter including their implications for budget scoring. Status of aviation trust fund. Impact of balanced budget for aviation spending and discussion of the budget reconciliation process.
10:00 FAA Budget and Issues
Presentation by Monte Belger, Acting Deputy Administrator, FAA
Overview of Federal Aviation Administration Budget. Trends in major accounts. Projected issues and problems if no changes are made to current financing situation.
1:00 Congressional Perspectives on FAA Budget
Presentations by Rich Efford, House Appropriations Committee; David Schaffer, House Transportation Committee; Ann Hodges, Senate Commerce Committee; Dan Corbett, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; Norah Moseley, House Ways and Means Committee; and Lori Peterson, Senate Finance Committee.
Congressional views on the aviation budget and financing and potential changes.
2:45 FAA Costs
Presentations by Richard Golaszewski, Gellman Research Associates; Dr. Jack Fearnsides, MITRE Corporation, Morgan Kinghorn, Coopers and Lybrand.
Discussion of allocating costs to users of FAA services. Cost allocation models and cost accounting system. Potential cost savings in FAA budget and hurdles to achieving them.
4:30 Commission Business and Next Steps
Thursday, May 15th
8:45 Administrative Matters.
9:00 Status of Air Traffic Control Modernization;
Presentations by Dennis DeGaetano, FAA Deputy Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions; John S. Kern, Vice President of Aircraft Operations and Chief Safety Officer, Northwest Airlines & Member of FAA Free Flight Steering Committee.
Issues Associated with Advancing the Schedule of Modernization; Issues Associated with Free Flight.
10:45 Potential for Improving Productivity at the FAA.
Presentations by Jack Fearnsides, MITRE Corporation; Bob Levin, U.S. General Accounting Office; Ron Morgan, FAA Air Traffic Service; Michael McNally, National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
1:15 Overview of Airport Capital Requirements and Financial Investment.
Presentation by Susan Kurland, FAA Associate Administrator for Airports.
2:00 Airport Capital Needs and Finance Issues.
Presentations by Gerald Dillingham, U.S. General Accounting Office; David Plavin, Airports Council International; Tom Browne, Air Transport Association; Will Plentl, Director of Aviation, State of North Carolina.
3:30- 4:45 Perspectives from the Financial Community on Meeting Airport Capital Needs.
Presentations by Richard de Neufville, Professor/Chair, Technology and Policy Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; William Reed, Booz, Allen, & Hamilton; Andrea Bozzo, Fitch Investor Services; Robert Aaronson, Airport Group International.
Friday, May 16th
8:30 Conceptual Issues and Economic Principals Associated with User Fees; International Approaches; Potential Methods to Charge Users.
Presentations by Richard Mudge, Apogee Research; Tim Hannegan, U.S. General Accounting Office.
10:00 Real Life Experience with User Fees.
Presentations by John W. Crichton, Chairman of the Board, NavCanada;
Discussion of Food and Drug Administration Performance Fees
Paul Coppinger, Associate Commissioner for Planning & Evaluation, Food and Drug Administration; Matthew B. Van Hook, Assistant General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America.
11:15 Administration Overview on Balanced Budget Agreement and User Fees.
Presentation by Michael Diech, Associate Director for General Government and Finance, Office of Management and Budget.
Wednesday, May 28th
Public Hearing on Finance
9:30 Opening Remarks
9:45 General Aviation Panel
11:30 Labor
1:15 Air Carriers
3:45 Airports / State & Local Government
Thursday, May 29th
8:30 Presentation on the Military’s Role in the Civil Aviation System by Mr. Frank J. Colson, Executive Director of DoD Policy Board on Federal Aviation and DoD Liaison to the Commission.
9:30 Discussion Among Commission Members about Future Treatment of Aviation Revenues and Programs in the Federal Budget Process and Whether the Commission Should Communicate to Congressional Leaders About Resolving This Issue in the Budget Reconciliation Legislation Now Being Developed.
1:00 Discussion by Commissioners Chip Barclay and Sylvia de Leon on the Baliles Commission Recommendation to Create a Federal Corporation for Air Traffic Control.
1:30 Discussion Among Commission Members about Near, Medium, and Long Term Goals for Improving the Performance of the Federal Aviation Administration with respect to the User/Customers;
How should the user/customers’ role in the decision- making process be strengthened?
What are the public interest considerations that must be preserved if governance were changed to strengthen the user/customers’ role?
Should different agency functions have different forms of user/customer governance relationships?
What should the FAA decision-making structure look like one year, five years, and ten years from now?
To what extent should different decision-making processes replace the current degree of Congressional/Executive Branch involvement in agency funding and investment decisions?
Tuesday, June 3
9:00 Appropriate Level of General Fund Support for the FAA
Should there be general fund support? If so, what proportion of the federal aviation system should be supported by the general fund? Should the general fund support be phased out over a period of time given the overall budget constraints on discretionary spending? Should any general fund support be linked to particular aviation programs?
1:00 Issues Associated with Allocation of FAA Costs Among Users
Should the cost allocation analysis by GRA Research be accepted as an interim basis for determining the percentage of costs the user categories impose on the aviation system and determining revenue needs from each? If not, what analysis should be used or what changes to GRA assumptions need to be made? If so, should Ramsey pricing or proportional use be used to allocate the common and fixed costs among the categories of users?
Wednesday, June 4
Guest "Commissioners": John Olcott, NBAA
Phil Boyer, AOPA
James Coyne, NATA
Ed Bolen, GAMA
9:00 Role General Aviation and Air Taxies Should Play in a Future Financing System
By what method should general aviation and air taxies contribute revenue to the aviation system? Should general aviation and air taxies pay a different share of the total aviation revenue than they do today? Should business general aviation be differentiated from other general aviation for purposes of revenue generation?
Tuesday, June 10
9:00 Update on Budget Reconciliation Actions;
Discussion and Approval of Future Schedule;
General Discussion of Overall Goals of the Commission
in light of Reconciliation Actions.
10:30 Discussion of Financial Requirements and Future Governance.
Discussion with FAA officials:
Monte Belger, Acting Deputy Administrator;
George Donohue, Associate Administrator for Research and Acquisitions;
Cathal ‘Irish’ Flynn, Associate Administrator for Civil Aviation Security;
Peggy Gilligan, Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification;
Ruth Leverenz, Director, Office of Financial Services (Budget).
1:00 Continue Discussion of Financial Requirements and Governance (with FAA Officials).
3:00 Conclude on Financial Requirements and Governance
(without FAA Officials).
4:00 Commission Member Bob Frenzel on Cost Allocation Issue.
Wednesday, June 11th
9:00 Continued discussion with FAA officials
Thursday, June 26th
9:00 Presentation by DoD Liaison Frank Colson on FAA Financing and Governance.
10:00 Discussions/Decisions on Airport Improvement Program and
Passenger Facility Charge Options.
1:00 Continuation and Conclusion of AIP/PFC Discussions.
2:15 Presentation and Explanation of Air Carrier Financing Options.
Friday, June 27th
9:00 Break Up into Four Small Groups to Discuss Comprehensive Conceptual Package for Resolution of Financing Issues.
10:45 Small Groups Report Back on Reaction to Comprehensive Conceptual Package.
Wednesday, July 16th
9 am Discussion of Old Business
11 am Borrowing Authority
Presentation by Mozelle Thompson, Department of Treasury
1:15 Airport/Airline Task Force Update
2:30 Innovate Finance/Innovative Management Options
Presentation by John Hennigan, FAA Office of Aviation Policy and Plans
Tuesday, July 29th
9am-4pm Review and Discussion of draft one of the Preliminary Report on Finance.
Wednesday, August 13th
9am-5pm Review and discussion of draft two of the Preliminary Report on Finance.
Thursday, August 14th
9am-5pm Continued review and discussion of draft two of the Preliminary Report on Finance.