08-31-2005, 04:00 AM
Quote: 12. The UNCTA will maintain a "black-list" of civillian- and freight-carrying companies who have asked the UNCTA to certify them and do not comply with the UNCTA-standards. The UNCTA does point out that this list is insufficient, because not every craft's owner decides to attempt certification of their craft.
Comments please. Number 12 might need to be rephrased some. [/quote]
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Just change the title to "The Civil Transportation Safety Act" to incorporate Grosseschnauzer's suggestion to make the focus on the intention rather than the agency carrying out the intention.
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I'll offer several options for section 12:
(1) The focus so far has been on the craft (ships, airplanes and spaceships) and the facilities (ports, airports and spaceports), not on the companies. This is partly because not all nations may permit companies to form, and also because a company with a good record may still have defective craft in its fleet.
Quote: 12. The UNCTA will also compile and publicise a list of civilian freight and passenger transportation companies whose craft or facilities have unsuccessfully sought certification. This list will exclude companies whose craft or facilities would fail the UNCTA certification process but have not applied for certification.[/quote]
(2) Keep the above, but replace "companies" with "owners" and you avoid the incorporation problems.
(3) Keep the above, but insert "often" between "have" and "unsuccessfully" and you try to distinguish between a good company with a few failures and a bad company with lots of failures.
(4) Create the blacklist for the craft and facilities only by reword an existing section to cover this (bold replacing underline):
Quote: 3. At least every two years and after every major modification, the UNCTA will certify which ports, airports, spaceports, watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft are in compliance with its regulations. The UNCTA status of each watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft shall be publicised for all nations and citizens. UNCTA will maintain a list of all applications for the certifcation of watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft. The positive or negative results of these applications shall be made available to all nations and citizens.[/quote]
If nothing else, option (4) more closely captures what I meant when I wrote "the UNCTA status" should be publicised.
I have no serious problem with any of the other options, but I would prefer them in this order: (2) and (3), (2) only, (3) only and (1).
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In other matters, I'd leave out the change in section 4:
Quote: including if the route travelled is a domestic one[/quote]
The air traffic of sovereign states should be left to their respective governments. But if you're trying to get at the idea that some domestic flights might have to make an emergency landing in another country, how about something like:
Quote: or a domestic route travelling within 100 kilometers of an international border [/quote]
This might just be in time for the 22nd anniversary of the shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 7.
Comments please. Number 12 might need to be rephrased some. [/quote]
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Just change the title to "The Civil Transportation Safety Act" to incorporate Grosseschnauzer's suggestion to make the focus on the intention rather than the agency carrying out the intention.
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I'll offer several options for section 12:
(1) The focus so far has been on the craft (ships, airplanes and spaceships) and the facilities (ports, airports and spaceports), not on the companies. This is partly because not all nations may permit companies to form, and also because a company with a good record may still have defective craft in its fleet.
Quote: 12. The UNCTA will also compile and publicise a list of civilian freight and passenger transportation companies whose craft or facilities have unsuccessfully sought certification. This list will exclude companies whose craft or facilities would fail the UNCTA certification process but have not applied for certification.[/quote]
(2) Keep the above, but replace "companies" with "owners" and you avoid the incorporation problems.
(3) Keep the above, but insert "often" between "have" and "unsuccessfully" and you try to distinguish between a good company with a few failures and a bad company with lots of failures.
(4) Create the blacklist for the craft and facilities only by reword an existing section to cover this (bold replacing underline):
Quote: 3. At least every two years and after every major modification, the UNCTA will certify which ports, airports, spaceports, watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft are in compliance with its regulations. The UNCTA status of each watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft shall be publicised for all nations and citizens. UNCTA will maintain a list of all applications for the certifcation of watercraft, aircraft and spacecraft. The positive or negative results of these applications shall be made available to all nations and citizens.[/quote]
If nothing else, option (4) more closely captures what I meant when I wrote "the UNCTA status" should be publicised.
I have no serious problem with any of the other options, but I would prefer them in this order: (2) and (3), (2) only, (3) only and (1).
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In other matters, I'd leave out the change in section 4:
Quote: including if the route travelled is a domestic one[/quote]
The air traffic of sovereign states should be left to their respective governments. But if you're trying to get at the idea that some domestic flights might have to make an emergency landing in another country, how about something like:
Quote: or a domestic route travelling within 100 kilometers of an international border [/quote]
This might just be in time for the 22nd anniversary of the shooting down of Korean Airlines Flight 7.