Vertical flight aircraft have the capacity to complement the growing demands for regional jets. If used as part of the feeder network with large airlines, vertical flight aircraft can carry passengers needed to fill long-range passenger flights. We need strong leadership from the Transportation Secretary to address this growing problem. The Federal Aviation Administration and industry need to work together to coordinate infrastructure and controller techniques. The airline industry needs to look beyond simple economic solutions.
Vertical flight offers viable solutions today.
Terry Arnold, editor of Pacific Rotors magazine, interviewed HAI President Roy Resavage when Resavage returned from his trip to the firefighter base camps in Montana and Northern Idaho in summer 2000. Resavage went to these camps during these especially destructive months to learn firsthand about the western wildfire season. Specifically, Resavage was there to see how helicopters helped stem these fires that could have easily been far more destructive. Resavage also explained the contrast between commercial firefighters and government unit firefighters. Also, he detailed how current federal policies encourage especially dense woodlands that can greatly exacerbate routine fire conditions.