>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS RIGHT
NOW AS WELL OUT OF BROWARD
COUNTY.
AND A DEADLY PINE CRASH AT
PEMBROKE PINES.
>> OUR PRAYERS ARE GOING OUT TO
THE FAMILY OF THE CHILD AND TO,
AGAIN.
ANYBODY ELSE THAT DIED OR WAS
INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.
HAVING SAID THAT, I’M NOT GOING
TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS TO THE
CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT, IT’S
BEST LEFT TO THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.
I AM NOT AN EXPERT I WILL NOT
MAKE A COMMENT ON INTO.
-- ON THAT.
BUT BROWARD COUNTY RUNS NORTH
PERRY AIRPORT. WE OWN IT LIKE WE OWN FORT
WE OWN IT LIKE WE OWN FORT
LAUDERDALE AIRPORT.
I SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR AND
ASKED FOR THE SAFETY RECORDS.
THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF THE
ACCIDENTS THAT YOU HAVE AT NORTH
PERRY AIRPORT IF YOU LOOK AT THE
LAST FIVE YEARS WHEN YOU COMPARE
THEM TO THE AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS
FOR TAKEOFFS AND LANDING AT EVER
IRY OTHER AIRPORT IN SOUTH
FLORIDA UP TO PORT SAINT LUCIE,
NORTH PERRY IS IN THE MIDDLE.
IT IS AVERAGE.
THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE IT IS
BUN OF THE BUSIEST AIRPORTS. YOU AND THE ONLY OTHER AIRPORT
YOU AND THE ONLY OTHER AIRPORT
BUSIER IS IN MIAMI.
THERE HAVE BEEN 14 ACCIDENTS AT
NORTH PERRY IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
THAT’S THE NUMBER.
>> THESE HAVE BEEN EITHER THE
RESULT OF PILOT ERROR OR A
PROBLEM WITH THE PLANE.
NONE HAVE BEEN AS A RESULT OF THE AIRPORT.
THE AIRPORT.
IF WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GENERAL
AVIATION YOU HAVE TO HAVE A
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO FLY IF AND
OUT. IT HAS FOUR RUN WAYS.
IT HAS FOUR RUN WAYS.
IF THIS CLOSES, THEY WOULD BE
DIVERTING AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE
AN UNFORTUNATE SURGE IN
ACCIDENTS IT WILL BE WITHIN YOU
ARE FLYING JUMBO JETS WITH A
TURBINE.
NORTH PERRY IS A SAFE AIRPORT.
PLANES AND PILOTS, THERE IS
OCCASIONAL ERROR BUT IT IS NO
MORE ON AVERAGE FOR TAKEOFF OR LANDING THAN ANY OTHER AIRPORT
LANDING THAN ANY OTHER AIRPORT
WE WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY THE COMMISSIONER FROM WHERE I AM AND
COMMISSIONER FROM WHERE I AM AND
OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL BE SOME
DEFERENCE BUT IT IS A COUNTY
WIDE.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN
DO.
WHEREVER YOU FLY IN AND OUT OF
IN SOUTH FLORIDA, YOU’RE GOING TO FIND HOMES AND OFFICES AND
TO FIND HOMES AND OFFICES AND
CENTERS WHEN THE AIRPORT WAS
BUILT.
>> WEB THIS AIRPORT WAS BUILT IT
WAS UNDEVELOPED.
EVERY PLACE YOU BUILD AN AIRPORT
THERE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT AROUND
IT AND THERE IS NO PLACE ELSE
LEFT.
SO THAT GLENLY IS THE
STATEMENT.
>> AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS
HAPPENS WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE
PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEARBY?
>> I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND
THE COUNTY WILL LOOK AT THIS BUT
AS WE SAID.
THERE AREN’T A LOT OF CRASHES.
THERE ARE NOT MANY THAT RESULT
IN THE LOSS OF LIFE IT IS
UNFORTUNATE WHEN THIS OCCURS.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND
THE COUNTY WILL LOOK AND SEE
WHAT WE CAN DO BUT UNLESS WE GET
ANOTHER OPTION, CLOSING THE
AIRPORT IS NOT AN OPTION.
IT WILL CREATE MORE TRAFFIC.
IF YOU MOVE THIS TO WHERE THERE
ARE ARE FLYING JETS, LIKE FORT
LAUDERDALE, THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS. NOT DECREASE THEM.
NOT DECREASE THEM.
>> YOU MENTION ISSUES LIKE PILOT
ERROR.
>> , WE KNOW IT’S NOT THE AIRPORT.
SO THAT LEAVES PILOT ERROR.
>> AND ARE YOU LOOKING IF THEY
ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND IF
THEY ARE OPERATING CORRECTLY.
IS THAT SOMETHING THE COUNTY IS
LOOKING AT?
>> I HAVE NOT SEEN EVIDENCE THIS
IS A PROBLEM BUT I EARLIER TODAY
I ASKED THE COUNTY AIRPORT
DIRECTOR ABOUT THE FLIGHT
SCHOOLS. HE DOESN’T THINK SO BUT AS I
HE DOESN’T THINK SO BUT AS I
SAID, THE COUNTY WILL ASK FOR A
REVIEW AND AN ISSUE IS WHETHER
OR NOT THERE ARE, WHETHER OR NOT
THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS ARE A
PROBLEM.
HE MENTIONED TO ME THE LAST
ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED AND THAT
ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN LISTED AS A
TRAINING BECAUSE IT WAS A FLIGHT
SCHOOL.
WHAT HAPPENED IS THAT THE
TRAINER WAS CLEAR AND THE PERSON
HE WAS TRAINING HAD HIS LICENSE AND GOING TORE ADVANCED
AND GOING TORE ADVANCED
CERTIFICATION.
THEY HAD BEEN UP IN THE AIR FOR
45 MINUTES WHEN THE PLANE HAD A PROBLEM.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING IT IS
ENSURING THAT THEY GET EXTRA
INSPECTIONS IF WE CAN DO THAT,
I’M FULLY PREPARED TO DISCUSS
THIS WITH THE COUNTY AIRPORT
DIRECTOR.
>> AND DOES IT MAKE A
SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT FOR BROWARD
COUNTY?
>> I DON’T KNOW A STEAL PROFIT
FOR BROWARD. I NEVER ASKED ON THAT.
I NEVER ASKED ON THAT. I KNOW IT PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIAL
I KNOW IT PROVIDES A SUBSTANTIAL
SERVICE.
>> IT’S NOT ABOUT THE COUNTY
MAKING MONEY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE GENERAL
AVIATION AIRPORT THAT’S HOW
PEOPLE FLY IN AND OUT OF THE
COUNTY THAT’S HOW PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BUSINESS IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THEY GET
HERE FOR A QUICK MEETING OR
SOMETHING.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE GENERAL
AVIATION AIRPORTS, IT’S NOT AN
ISSUE THAT THE COUNTY IS LOOKING
TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY.
I DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
>> AND THIS IS A 14 ACCIDENTS IN
FIVE YEARS.
>> BOTTOM LINE WE’RE NOT GOING
TO CLOSE THE AIRPORT.
AGAIN THIS IS EITHER EACH YEARS
THE BUSIEST THE SECOND GENERALLY
AVIATION AIRPORT IN SOUTH
FLORIDA AND NAPLES.
YOU SEE CAN’T CLOSE IT YOU WILL
BE DIVERTING TRAFFIC TO OTHER
AIRPORTS, SOME OF WHICH ARE INTO A MORE DANGEROUS.
A MORE DANGEROUS.
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THE SINGLE ENGINE PLANE WITH JETS.
SINGLE ENGINE PLANE WITH JETS.
THAT’S WHAT YOU GET AND FLL. >> AND COULDN’T WILL LOOK AND
>> AND COULDN’T WILL LOOK AND
SEE IF THERE IS ANYTHING AND THE
SCHOOLS ARE DANGEROUS AND PUT IN
ADDITIONAL CRITERIA PERTAINING
TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE
PLANES, WE’LL SEARCH ON THAT BUT THE AIRPORT IS NOT GOING TO BE
THE AIRPORT IS NOT GOING TO BE
SHUT WE’LL LOOK AT OTHER
THINGS.
>> YOU SAY AVERAGE BUT THE
REPUTATION IS NOT GOOD.
>> NO, NEVER IF WE HAVE ONE
CRASH OR ONE FATALITY THE
QUESTION IS, AGAIN THE REASON
THAT I THINK THERE ARE MORE HERE
IS BECAUSE THERE IS MORE
TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS.
I HAVE NOT CHECKED NUMBERS BUT
THEY ARE THE ONLY THAT HAVE THE
SAME NUMBER THAT NORTH PERRY
DOES.
WE DON’T GET TAX REVENUE FROM
SINCE WE OWN THE PROPERTY, WE DON’T GET REVENUE ON THAT WE
DON’T GET REVENUE ON THAT WE
LEASE THE HANGARS.
I’M SURE WE’RE NOT MAKING A LOT
ON THE AIRPORT T IS A SERVICE TO
THE COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD AIRPORT.
THEY THINK THEY ARE ALL THE
SAME.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE JET
TRAFFIC?
>> YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER --
THIS AIRPORT HAS FOUR RUNWAYS.
>> ARE YOU LOOKING INTO THE
MAYOR TALKING ABOUT THE RECENT
FATAL PLANE CRASH THAT TOOK
PLACE RIGHT BY NORTH PERRY
AIRPORT. A LOT OF TALK ON THE SAFETY OF
A LOT OF TALK ON THE SAFETY OF
THE AIRPORT BUT THE MAYOR
STRESSING THAT THE PAST FEW ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY PILOT
ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN MOSTLY PILOT
ERROR AND THE AIRPORT ITSELF IS
SAFE WE’LL HAVE MORE FROM THIS