Centerlines - September 2008 - (Page 29) ACI-NA 60TH ANNIVERSARY continued from page 27 so enamored with the airlines that it never registered with them that there was a business in aviation separated apart from the airlines.” Under Plavin’s leadership, the first and second editions of ACI-NA’s Airport Capital Needs Surveys were released. The widely regarded and widely quoted data source helped the organization provide the world at large and Congress in particular a better understanding of airport capital needs. “I think we made considerable amounts of headway in getting that general recognition out into the atmosphere of the transportation world,” Plavin said. “I think we were respected for our professionalism and a piece of that spilled over into our ability to get the increase on the PFC during that period of time.” 9/11 Plavin’s tenure with ACI-NA coincided with a challenge unlike any previously faced by the industry. “Clearly, the job, the business, the organization and the industry all changed forever as of September 11, 2001,” Plavin said. “We had already entered the beginning of a recession with the dot.com bust, but when 9/11 happened, it was a real body blow to the business. It changed the way we looked at our business, and the way the government looked at our business. We worked very closely during that First AOC board: Bernard M. Doolin, first vice president; time with the federal J. Victor Dallin, president; James C. Buckley, second vice government helping president; Claude F. King, director; Harry C. Brockhoff, to shape security pol- director; and Leander I. Shelley, general counsel. icy. In some ways, we were the last part of percent of the calls fielded from the world to understand what aviaairport directors deal with secution security would require.” rity in one form or another. While security issues are still a concern for Principato, passenger delays Fuel Concerns and congestion, as well as the Upon taking the reins of the associafuel price situation and the effect tion in 2005, current ACI-NA President Greg Principato said that 75 continued on page 33 simplicity. functionality. reliability. international airport shuttle Mexico City spitzar.com www.aci-na.org | CENTERLINES 380561_DCC.indd 1 4/25/08 8:31:46 AM 29 http://www.dot.com http://www.dcc.at http://www.aci-na.org
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