Gary's Banners Aerial Adver., Inc. v. Capital Region Airport Auth. -- No. 13-96-17

FAA Docket No:

13-96-17

Author:

Bennett, David L., Director

Author Title:

Director

Complainant(s):

Gary's Banners Aerial Advertising, Inc.

Respondent(s):

Capital Region Airport Authority

Airport(s):

Mason-Jewett Field (TEW)

Holding:

Dismissing complaint.

Abstract:

The FAA had issued a Preliminary Findings and Analysis (PFA) regarding this complaint, in which it found that Respondent, Capital Region Airport Authority, was in violation of Grant Assurance 22 by unreasonably prohibiting banner-towing operations at Mason-Jewett Field. Respondent rescinded its ban and began allowing banner-towing operations. Several months later, however, Complainant, Gary's Banners Aerial Advertising, Inc., wrote to the FAA and alleged that Respondent had adopted rules designed to keep its operation from using the Airport, such as a requirement that it pay the Airport $100 per day for its operations, to pay such fees 7 days in advance, and to attend meetings on where to operate, and had not imposed such rules on other airport users. The Director found Respondent not in violation of a grant assurance and dismissed the Complaint.|Economic Nondiscrimination (Grant Assurance 22):| The operating requirements and fees regarding banner-towing were consistent with Respondent's grant assurances and that Complainant was not similarly situated to other operators on the Airport. Therefore, Complainant's claim of unjust economic discrimination was dismissed. (p. 2).

Index Terms:

Unjust economic discrimination|Economic Nondiscrimination (Grant Assurance 22)|Similarly situated|Aerial advertising