Say what you will about senators and technology, but the Senate Commerce Committee pulled off a half in-person, half-teleconference hearing on the state of the aviation industry on Wednesday, with just a few technical glitches. Some of the important notes:
Airports will need at least $10 billion more in government assistance, matching an initial injection of cash from the CARES Act, H.R. 748 (116), industry leader Todd Hauptli told lawmakers. “I recognize it’s not popular to come up here and ask for more help, but the scale and the scope of this crisis requires it. And we are going to have to get past the sticker shock and get to ‘yes,'” he said.
