HB 1791: Peace With Honor

The passage of 1791-S.PL acknowledges that the battle for a second airport process (known as the CACC) is lost. But, let’s pretend it’s not. However, if previous efforts (such as the Flight Plan Study of 1989) are any indication, HB-1791 will not only result in years of delay, it will actually work to accelerate the pace

HB1791 testimony to Senate Transportation Committee

HB1791 is a bill of the 2023 State of Washington Legislative session, which attempts to re-constitute the failed CACC process, commonly known as “the search for a second airport.  As of today, the bill has passed the House and is under review in the Senate. You can follow its progress and provide your own comment

It won’t be easy, but WA can launch the airport of the future

By  Tom Dent  and  Karen Keiser Special to The Times We are at the start of the greatest transformation in flight since the development of the jet engine. It is not going to happen overnight, and we won’t see large, emissions-free commercial aircraft anytime soon, but like what we have witnessed with space exploration, technological

Boy, do we hate being right…

I wrote the following article in 2018: *Why There Is No Second Airport In Site I’m throwing up that old news in light of the fact that yesterday, the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) met its statutory obligation to deliver a recommendation on a ‘second airport’, basically by punting a final decision into 2023 which