Pre-2008 Archived Articles

The Mayor of Pleasanton acting on behalf of city residents has asked the Livermore City Council to restricts operations at the Livermore Airport.

Tom Weil, Manger of California City Municipal Airport, was recently given the Joseph P. Crotti Award for General Aviation by AOPA. The award was in recognition of Tom’s tireless efforts as an advocate attempting to retain general aviation funding during the 2002-03 California budget crisis.

Just a quick note to let everyone know what’s happening at Rio Vista Airport (O88). After receiving grant money to build a new terminal building and maintanence hanger, the city rented both to a company that makes windows for houses.

Date: October 11th

Time: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM

By Dan Chauvet
A new economic impact study for Watsonville Airport was prepared by AMBAG (Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments). The report can be found at www.ambag.org. The study found that 18 million dollars and 329 jobs are tied directly to the Airport.

“Reasonable” Airport Rules
Every owner of a public airport has a duty to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for operation of the airport and for those who use it. These rules and regulations may include minimum standards for persons conducting business on the airport. All rules, regulations and minimum standards must be “reasonable.” Therein lies the potential for disagreement between the airport manager, who represents the airport owner, and the airport users.

by Jay White
Here is a golden opportunity for California aircraft owners to participate in a project that will affect future taxation of their aircraft.

80/20 Rule
Have you heard about the 80/20 rule? It states that 20% of a factor equals 80% of the result. For example, 20% of the work force in the United States excels at 80% of the work. Think about your workplace for a minute. While everyone there participates in doing his or her job, there are a few obvious people who just make things happen. These employees represent the 20% piece of this model, and as a result they are the ones, which are typically more successful. The remaining 80% show up for work, and do their jobs, but they don’t do anything more than what is required of them which is fine, but many often wonder why they are not getting ahead.

With his midnight destructive raid on Meigs Field Chicago Mayor Daley sounded a wakeup call for California airport supporters. Most California airport supporters have heard of the high visibility arrogance of the mayor in arbitrarily tearing up the Meigs runway with no public hearings or notice. His action was so precipitous, rapid and drastic that the media gave it wide coverage.

By Colleen Turner
On Wednesday July 16, 2003, Duane Howard, San Carlos Airport Air Traffic Manager, delivered a presentation at the San Carlos Airport Pilots Association (SCAPA) general membership meeting. During his presentation, I learned that San Carlos Airport is part of the FAA Contract Tower Program (FCT) and that Duane works for a company called Serco Management Services Inc., not the FAA. After hearing Duane speak, I decided to do a little research about the FCT Program.