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FEBRUARY 2019 NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE NEW YORK METRO AIRPORT COMMUNITY
Top JFK Airport management team.
(left) JFK General Manager Charles
Everett with JFK Deputy General
Manager Tony Vero.
Port
fi lls top
airport
spots
The Port Authority of NYNJ
announced that top airport jobs
were fi lled. Charles R. Everett,
Jr. will serve as General
Manager of JFK in addition to
his role as Deputy Director of
Aviation . Two other important
jobs at JFK and LaGuardia
Airports have been fi lled with
Congressman Gregory Meeks with members of the TSA workers AFGE Union sponsored lunch and take-home supplies event.
Photo by Jeff Yapalater
JFK SOLIDARITY
Congressman Meeks meets with shutdown feds
Congressman Meeks met
with TSA workers at JFK
Airport to listen to hardship
and concerns during the
partial government shutdown
days bvefore the President
called an end to it. He
participated in the American
Federation of Government
Employees (AFGE) Local 2222
and 3369 meal program held
at JFK Airport to help some
of the 1600 TSA workers at
JFK Airport. Union members
provided both a luncheon as
well as take home bags fi lled
with household items some of
which were cookies provided
free of charge by a local
Subway sandwich shop.
Surrounded by concerned
workers, the Congressman
said, “I Want to hear from
you, your thoughts and how
you are surviving and to
assure you that our side is
supporting you.“
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Montage of future construction.
KENNEDY AIRPORT PROJECT RUNWAY IN QUESTION
The major JFK Airport runway
construction to 13L 31R was all designed,
discussed in many airport meetings
and all set to begin April 1 lasting until
November. However, upon presentation
by the Port Authority to Kaamco, many
questions were raised, and now the actual
project is being reviewed by all. The big
question on the minds of airlines and
all who service aircraft is the diffi culty
and perhaps big tie-ups in the case of
bad weather. This could be thunder
storms, icing, fl ooding or snow. Any of
conditions could virtually stop many
operations. Because of the high number
of daily international fl ights the airlines
are very concerned about planes having
no where to go when arriving from
overseas creating a critical situation
where passengers would be on board
waiting until movement could continue
after weather abated. After the Grayson
storm last year, everyone is worried
about operations issues crippling travel.
Port shared details about the
engineering, weather modeling and the
timing that is essential to resurface
the runway and nearby roadways. But,
some Kaamco members have called
for a delay, a reschedule and others
for a remapping to mitigate potential
problems. At the last meeting Port had
assured the community that it would
do what is right and responsible for the
community. Several meetings are being
held to collaborate and resolve this
issue.The resolution remains to be seen.
Time is ticking away as the beginning of
construction nears.
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