{"id":9201,"date":"2013-06-27T15:38:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T20:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planesafe.org\/?p=9201"},"modified":"2016-01-02T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2016-01-02T21:12:47","slug":"flight-3407-families-challenge-secretary-foxx-to-step-up-on-looming-safety-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesafe.org\/?p=9201","title":{"rendered":"Flight 3407 Families Challenge Secretary Foxx to Step Up on Looming Safety Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo, New York-\u00a0June 27, 2013<\/p>\n

Within minutes of Anthony Foxx being confirmed by the Senate to be the next Transportation Secretary, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ called on Ray LaHood’s successor to follow through on an invitation to sit down with the group, as well as to\u00a0deliver\u00a0on two critical new safety regulations.<\/p>\n

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“First and foremost, we would like to congratulate Secretary Foxx on his confirmation,\u201d\u00a0stated\u00a0Scott Maurer of Moore, South Carolina, who lost his thirty year-old daughter Lorin in the crash.\u00a0 \u201cWe enjoyed the opportunity to attend his confirmation hearing with the Commerce Committee, and were encouraged by his declaration that safety would be his absolute top priority. \u00a0Beyond that, we deeply appreciated his pledge to sit down with us should he be confirmed, and now we look forward to taking him up on his offer, hopefully sooner rather than later. \u00a0The administration faces some major challenges in the upcoming months in terms of upgrading the regional airlines’ commitment to safety, and hopefully\u00a0Secretary Foxx and FAA Administrator Huerta will step up to the plate and deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Secretary Foxx assumes his office just as two critical and already past-due\u00a0aviation safety initiatives approach key deadlines.\u00a0 A new rule that will elevate the entry-level qualifications required of new-hire regional airline first officers\u00a0must be completed by August 1, and another rule that will upgrade\u00a0airlines’\u00a0crewmember training programs faces an\u00a0October due date.\u00a0 In both cases, the Administration has faced significant\u00a0pressure from the nation’s major and regional airlines to water down\u00a0and\/or stall the safety measures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“As we welcome Secretary Foxx to this post, we also offer our appreciation to Ray LaHood for all that he has done on the behalf of the flying public to advance the cause of a true ‘One Level of Safety’ between our nation’s regional and mainline carriers,” stated Susan Bourque\u00a0of\u00a0East Aurora, New York, who lost her sister and prominent 9\/11 widow and activist Beverly Eckert.\u00a0 \u201cHowever, much work remains to be done, and Secretary Foxx faces these two major challenges right off the bat.\u00a0 As always, you have the industry and their significant lobbying\u00a0resources on one side, and the little people like us on the other side.\u00a0 Our efforts are too late\u00a0to save\u00a0Beverly and the others who needlessly lost their lives, but hopefully we can make a difference for all future air travelers.\u00a0 We are counting on Secretary Foxx and Administrator Huerta to come through here in the next four months.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407\u2019 group was immediately organized after the crash as a support network and an activist group to work on aviation safety reform.\u00a0 Visit the group\u2019s website<\/a> or follow them on twitter @3407Families<\/a> learn more about their efforts.<\/p>\n

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