HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 42
(By Delegates Proudfoot and Hartman)
[Introduced April 9, 2005]
Urging the Federal Aviation Administration to maintain the Elkins
Automated Flight Service Station as a federal traffic
facility properly staffed by government employees.
WHEREAS, The Elkins Automated Flight Service Station
provides pilots with weather and aeronautical data to help them
make critical and often life saving decisions; and
WHEREAS, Whether assisting West Virginia University student
pilots, coordinating air ambulance flights to rural communities,
relaying data to commercial operators flying passengers and
supplies or assisting the military in matters of national
security - the Elkins Automated Flight Service Station provides
an invaluable service; and
WHEREAS, The Elkins Automated Flight Service Station is
responsible for the continuous monitoring of and daily support of
the missions of the Charleston Air Force Base, Martinsburg Air
Force Base, Parkersburg Air National Guard, Wheeling Air National
Guard, Camp Dawson and Clarksburg National Guard flight
operations; and
WHEREAS, Maintaining the Elkins Automated Flight Service
Station with proper staffing levels and equipment is a
fundamental necessity in the continuation of these crucial
services; and
WHEREAS, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is
primarily responsible for the safety and security of aviation;
therefore, be it
Resolved by the West Virginia House of Delegates:
That the Federal Aviation Administration is urged to
maintain the Elkins Automated Flight Service Station as a federal
air traffic facility properly staffed by government employees;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to
forward a copy of this resolution to the Clerk of the United
States House of Representatives, the Clerk of the United States
Senate and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration.
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