Company Watch - TAM Airlines.May 14, 2007 Air Transport Assn. is seeking the assistance of the White House in a dispute with the Dept. of Homeland Security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States over the collection of biometric information on non-US citizens. Currently, DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) requires foreign visitors to submit to fingerprinting when they arrive in the US. Now it intends to mandate fingerprinting when visitors leave the country as well. However, in a decision Air Transport Assn. President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. James May For the British body snatcher, James May, see . James Daniel May (born January 16th 1963 in Bristol, England) is a television presenter and award-winning journalist. described as inexplicable, "DHS intends to saddle airlines with that responsibility," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a letter from May to Frances Townsend, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism coun·ter·ter·ror adj. Intended to prevent or counteract terrorism: counterterror measures; counterterror weapons. n. Action or strategy intended to counteract or suppress terrorism. . May charged that "the entry-exit information collection system has always been a federal responsibility." Additionally, he said, forcing airlines to fingerprint passengers "will impose new burdens on airlines and their customers at airports at a time when carriers are working hard to simplify, and thereby ease, passenger check in." May 11, 2007 U.S. backs off timetable for open skies with China U.S. officials are no longer trying to set a strict timetable for an open-skies agreement with China, according to media reports. However, they are pushing for Chinese officials to grant more frequencies between China and the U.S. The two sides resumed open skies talks last year. May 9, 2007 US Senate Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) proposed FAA reauthorization legislation last week that emphasizes air traffic control modernization and would force general/corporate aviation to fund a greater share of system costs. The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), proposes a $25-per-flight surcharge on all system users with the exception of piston-engine aircraft, turboprops operating under visual flight rules “VFR” redirects here. For other uses, see VFR (disambiguation). Visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of aviation regulations under which a pilot may operate an aircraft in weather conditions sufficient to allow the pilot, by visual reference to the environment , military and other public aircraft, air ambulance air ambulance Emergency medicine A helicopter or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided at his/her current location aircraft and noncommercial aircraft owned by foreign governments. The surcharge is projected to generate $400 million in the first year, with $370 million coming from passenger and cargo airlines. May 7, 2007 A new bill would grant FAA the right to issue up to $5 billion in bonds to fund ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered modernization . Under the legislation, FAA would be required to "develop a clear implementation plan" within 90 days of the bill's becoming law for transitioning ATC to a satellite-based system and would establish an ATC Modernization Board to oversee the process. The bill additionally would require carriers to post on their websites information "on ontime arrivals and flights that are chronically delayed," which they already must submit to the US Dept. of Transportation. 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