John Shoemaker
P.O. Box 1155
Comfort, Texas 78013
830-634-2505
There are three are three areas in which I have questions.
A. On Wednesday, the airport manager instructed a licensed aircraft pilot in a
licensed aircraft not to land and refuel at the Kerrville airport. That same aircraft
and others similar to it have landed at the airport in the past.
1. What authority gives the airport manager the right and power to do this?
2. Have the FAA, Department of Transportation, and Tex-Dot been notified?
3. How much Federal money has the Airport received in the past 5 years?
4. Has an airport official investigated whether or not the Kemille airport can
be required to return all federal money for refusing landing to legal
aircraft?
5. Will this be the kind of publicity that will be beneficial to the airport?
B. The roads on the airport are used by automobiles, 18 wheel trucks, and various
unregistered vehicles (fork-lifts etc).
1. Who owns the roads?
2. Who is responsible for maintenance? (The section near the fuel farm is in
terrible condition).
3. What law enforcement agency has jurisdiction? (In case of an accident,
what law applies, who responds or writes the ticket?)
C. As an aircraft owner, commercial pilot, flight instructor, and taxpayer, I have several
questions about airport operations. Almost daily there are 3 or more vehicles
simultaneously on the runways, and taxiways.
1. Is the airport manager's personnel vehicle covered by enough insurance
to pay for a big jet?
2. Do the vehicles monitor the Unicorn frequency?
3. Have the people in the trucks and on the tractors received training on
aircraft procedures, vocabulary, and responses?
4. Does the airport manager try to reduce the number of vehicles on the
runway to the least number necessary?
5. When I see something that is unsafe I am expected to report it to the
proper authorities. If it is the airport manager that is being unsafe, rude or
unresponsive, to whom do I report it and what course of action can be
expected?
6. The airport is funded by taxes. Which of my elected officials has
authority over the airport and its management?
Where does the buck stop?