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Statement by AIA President and CEO John W. Douglass on the Aerospace Industry's Support for U.S. Airlines in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attacks September 17, 2001- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The 200 companies of the Aerospace Industries Association express our deepest sympathy to families of the victims of the terrorist attacks, including those from our member companies who lost their lives in this tragedy. Our companies stand in solidarity with the President as he formulates a national security strategy to deal with America's war on international terrorism. We fully support the actions taken by the President and Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta. We urge our leaders in government to take every action possible to end global terrorism and return the skies of America safely to the American people. We also stand in solidarity with our colleagues in the airline industry. We urge the government to support America's airlines by immediately approving a combination of loan guarantees, tax suspensions, and cash infusions for the airlines and by assuming responsibility for security at the nation's airports. We cannot ask America's airlines to stand alone against state-sponsored terrorism in these hours of threat to our nation's security. In the war against international terrorism only the federal government has complete access to the full range of information and resources needed to provide complete security for America's air transport system. Federal authorities should immediately take full control of the air passenger screening process, elevate the visibility of law enforcement and military at our airports and expand the sky marshal program. Working as a team, Americans in government and in industry can and will defeat international terrorism.
P.A. Rel 2001-23 09.17.01 -AIA- Contact: Matt Grimison, AIA |
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