Agency

Agency Filings

ATA frequently participates in rulemaking and other regulatory proceedings affecting the airline industry. ATA public filings to regulatory agencies are included here.

Speculative Position Limits – CFTC Proposed Rule(04/23/2010)
ATA comments support the CFTC’s initiative to establish speculative position limits to address excessive speculation in oil futures markets. ATA’s comments recommend that the CFTC strengthen the proposed position limits to ensure they are effective...

NMB Union Representation Election Procedures(01/04/2010)
ATA and the Airline Industrial Relations Conference oppose new rules proposed by the National Mediation Board (NMB) to lower the standard for determining union representation and altering voting procedures that have been employed for more than 70 years.

CFTC Ownership and Control Report(08/13/2009)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has proposed a new account ownership and control report covering trading accounts on U.S. regulated exchanges. The new report would provide greater transparency and information about trading across those...

ATA comments on FAA Proposed Regulation on Flight Training Programs(08/12/2009)
ATA filed comments expressing serious and broad concerns about the FAA proposed regulation that would rewrite pilot, flight attendant, flight engineer and dispatcher training requirements. In particular, ATA believes that the proposal could adversely i...

Extension of JFK and EWR Scheduling Orders(06/19/2009)
ATA comments support extending the scheduling orders for John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, which expire on October 24, 2009, but recommend an indefinite extension instead of just a one-year extension. ATA...

New York Slot Auction Rules(06/15/2009)
ATA comments support FAA’s proposal to rescind the slot confiscation and auction rules for LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports. ATA also urges the FAA to permit slots to be sold and leased on a long-term basis.

ATA Comments on the FTC’s Market Manipulation Rule(05/21/2009)
ATA comments on the FTC’s revised proposal to prohibit manipulation in wholesale oil and refined products markets. ATA supports the FTC’s initiative to prevent market manipulation but recommends the FTC retain the rule as originally proposed instead of...

ATA Comments on DOT’s Passenger Protection NPRM(03/13/2009)
The Air Transport Association of America, Inc. filed comments on March 9, 2009, in response to the Department of Transportation NPRM concerning potential actions to enhance national airline passenger protections. ATA members share the Department’s goal...

ATA Comments on TSA Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP) NPRM(02/27/2009)
ATA filed comments on the TSA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to amend the Twelve-Five Standard Security Program and the Private Charter Standard Security Program (PCSSP), and to apply new security requirements to all aircraft weighing...

ATA Comments on Regulations Proposed by CFTC(02/10/2009)
ATA comments support regulations proposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to close the so-called “Enron loophole” by requiring monitoring of, and limits on, “significant price discovery contracts” traded on exempt commercial markets...

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