Mr. Lee

I am both pleased and honored at this opportunity to discuss with you some aspects of the CAA plan for establishing and operating the Common System of Air Navigation and Traffic Control for the Federal Airways. The Common System — as its name implies — is a system of air navigation and traffic control that will be used in Common by all users of the airspace. It is not the result of any unilateral action on the part of CAA. Far from it. The plans were not developed by the CAA alone, or by just the Government agencies interested in aviation. The plans were not presented to the aviation industry and to the military on a take-it-or-leave-it basis! On the contrary, they were forged by aviation itself, with each segment and special interest represented in the give and take of the conference table.