[papasmurf]

As far as NAU is concerned, I am 100% opposed to it. Or anything that could even be construed as a NAU type of situation.

As far as International "seamlessness", I don't think it's a bad idea. The sky is crowded, and getting more so by the day. We need some sort of regionalized control under central management for the aircraft flying into, through and, near, our Country. Why shouldn't WE be the central managers?

I think that putting ourselves in a leadership position in an industry that is a huge part of the global economy is not a bad idea, either.

Globalism is here. It ain't going to go away, barring a world war. We can either be dragged into it, kicking and screaming, while THEY make the rules, or, we can lead the way and protect out interests, while also protecting safety and promoting some semblance of International fairness.

The main reason we don't like globalism, is we had a crappy team of negotiators doing our bidding for us, and we got the short end. But it ain't over, either. :)

As far as airline safety goes, International Mexican airlines are as safe as any. There are only two, at present to my knowledge, that would qualify to "gate" at a major airport, Aero Mexico, and Mexicana Airlines. Both of these airlines have very good safety records. Both, actually, have better records than...

Hawaiian Airlines
USAir Shuttle
WestJet
Midwest Express Airlines
JetBlue Airlines
United Express
ATA Airlines
American Eagle
Comair
AirTran Airways
Aloha Airlines


I've flown on AeroMexico and had great flights each time, was treated well, and have no complaints. Aeromexico, btw, is IATA certified.

Let's be fair, and reasonable, and choose our battles wisely.

No to NAU, yes to competition and air safety.

[RayChuang88]

The big problem with Mexicana and AeroMexico nowadays is they need more planes, not less! Both airlines are talking about big orders for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 Family planes for intra-Mexican and transborder flights.

In fact, the biggest problem for both airlines is that Mexico City and Guadalajara, the two largest cities in the country, are at high altitudes, which can cause problems with takeoff runs in the summer.

[Niteflyr]

No to NAU, yes to competition and air safety.

On the face I agree with that....but the NAU as a whole could be sold as adding "competition and safety"....and probably will be presented that way....(ie: "trust me people it will be better for us all if we remove borders and create one big happy continent".) I'm a pilot and you don't have to create one large air traffic control system to have safe and seamless transitions between sovereign systems. We do it all day long when transitioning one controlled airspace system to another within the US.

[ThomasThomas]

The Mrs. Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Co.)

I am sure that such operations exist both here and in Mexico.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>Let’s be fair, and reasonable, and choose our battles wisely.

No to NAU, yes to competition and air safety.<<

I agree.

On the other hand, if they were to propose making even a part of our customs and immigration part of a “seamless” international system in which our officials answer to international courts, that would be unacceptable. There is nothing I can see in this article that sounds like that in this program — not yet anyway.