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"While AOPA’s team continues to pore over details, our initial review finds nothing in The Working Group report submitted to the Federal Communications Commission today that leads us to believe LightSquared is any closer to engineering a system that protects GPS.

"We continue to call on the FCC to rescind its waiver for the LightSquared proposal. The Commissioners cannot rely on statements in news releases. They must utilize experienced third parties and carefully conducted tests to determine what works and what put our nation's GPS system at risk.

"At the same time, we renew our call to Congress to investigate how we got into this mess.

"While LightSquared clearly wants to protect its own investment, the company seems perfectly willing to put at risk billions of taxpayer dollars already spent by the federal government to develop the GPS-based Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen).

"That LightSquared is trying to blame it all on the GPS community for following rules that LightSquared is now trying to change is unfathomable. They are clutching at straws."

Craig L. Fuller
President, CEO
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association