EDITORIAL FRIENDS IN A HIGH PLACE.U.S.Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta and Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey This article is about the aviation adminstrator. For the BBC Radio Five Live presenter, see Jane Garvey (broadcaster). Jane Garvey (Jane Famiano) was head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002. Garvey earned her B.A. could prove to be powerful allies in helping devise a sane strategy for Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to meet its air travel needs. Mineta and Garvey understand what Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. City Hall does not. The answer to meeting the future air travel needs of Southern California is not by expanding Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX but by sharing the burden and the economic opportunities throughout the region. They met last week with a broad-based, bipartisan congressional delegation from Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. and Riverside counties and heeded the call to push for a solution that serves all of the region - one that won't further jam the 405 Freeway or burden Westchester. The answer lies in developing and expanding air services at Palmdale, Ontario, former Air Force bases in the desert and in Orange County, either at El Toro or John Wayne. Massive expansion of LAX doesn't pass the sanity test. The only motivation is the greedy appetites of City Hall, the unions and the airlines. |
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