Applications and Petitions: None Answers and Replies: LaGuardia Congestion Management - Comments of NACA Orders and Notices: None Rules and Regulations: None Grant of Petitions: None

	New York LaGuardia Airport Congestion Management FAA-2006-25709 April 30, 2008 Re: Comments of The National Air Carrier Association Our principal concern in providing comments to the FAA on the proposed amendment relates to the reduction in unscheduled operations availability at the airport and its potential precedent to apply to other airports that are operating under a similar schedule reduction order, such as New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark-Liberty International Airport. The proposed slot reductions for unscheduled operations would have negative consequences for many of our NACA carriers, particularly for those flights that are operated on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense Air Mobility Command. These flights are contracted by the U.S. government through AMC to ferry military personnel and cargo to and from the United States and major theatres of military operations. The airports in New York, particularly JFK, are a major point of departure and entry for U.S. military personnel. Although unscheduled for purposes of the FAA and the order for LGA, these flights do operate on an agreed-upon schedule between the carrier and AMC. Maximum flexibility is often required, as these operations are subject to a number of operational challenges that differ from regularly scheduled passenger service. By reducing the availability of slots for unscheduled commercial operations during a part of, or for the whole, day, the FAA will be limiting the flexibility of our carriers to schedule their commercial operations. Consequently, the FAA’s proposal creates a financial hardship to an already beleaguered industry. By: NACA, Thomas Zoeller, tzoeller@naca.cc Index