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MARCH 2019 NEWS AND VIEWS FOR THE NEW YORK METRO AIRPORT COMMUNITY
RUNWAY 13L REHAB
It's a GO! Collaboration success
BY JEFF YAPALATER
Runway 13l 31R construction begins
April 1st.The Port Authority and
KAAMCO reached a collaborative understanding
in which the Port can meet its
April 1st construction start on runway 13l
31R while making changes to mitigate possible
delays to the satisfaction of the majority
of JFK stakeholders. It was a great
sigh of relief as collaborative Dialogue
Meetings were held and modification to
the planned construction were agreed to
reducing the impact on the airlines without
sacrificing this necessary repair and
not delaying the overall JFK redevelopment
which is planned to follow on the
heels of this project.
As in previously meetings many airlines
had concerns about the potential
negative impact on their operations in
times of bad weather and the lack of adequate
taxiway access.
WOMEN PIONEERS
“FIRSTS” IN AVIATION
These are among the women
aviation pioneers of “ Firsts” in the
aviation industry.
We have to mention local
Firsts:Port Authority with two
women holding the top management
positions at LaGuardia Airport;
General Manager Lysa Scully
and Deputy General Manager
Christina Callahan. Dr. Sharon
DeVivo first woman President of
Vaughn College.
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NYC Emergency Management
Offers JFK disaster support
BY JEFF YAPALATER
The NYC OEM has a main missionwhose
mission is to provide assistance to
the public in the event of a disaster.
Jay Brandt spoke at the JFK Kaamco
meeting and explained how the NYC
OEM wants to work with the airlines to
set up logistics to deal with disastrous
airline accidents.
The Human Services department of
the NYC OEM is missioned to be a part of
logistics in a supportive role. This agency
has a large scope of responsibility for
working with all entities involved in any
accident and particularly that in which
lives are lost
Brandt explained that the overall service
to the people affected by a disaster
is the Family Assistance Center. This
is a brick and mortar building situated
in and near an airport in case of a serious
accident. The is facility would offer
separate areas for the victims of the accident
and an area for family and friends.
Brandt said, “ This is what we do and it
is our job. We have good contacts with all
agencies to connect with them all. There
are so many layers of government that
the OEM can help a problem that needs to
be solved. We are the same service in FAC
as NTSB but specific to the NYC.”
This Family Assistance Center would
offer a wide range of services in one location
which would include: a medical
examiner service, the Mayor’s office,
missing persons assist, connection with
emergency manage teams. NTSB, air
carrier response teams, 311, Brandt encouraged
the airlines to work with the
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