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Rep. McCormick’s Aviation Weather Improvement Act Passes the House

WASHINGTON - Tuesday, Congressman Rich McCormick’s legislation, H.R. 3915, the Aviation Weather Improvement Act, passed on the House floor as part of a larger legislative package, H.R. 6093, the Weather Act Reauthorization Act, and now will be headed over to the Senate for a final vote before it gets signed into law. The Aviation Weather Improvement Act instructs the National Weather Service to purchase commercial weather data to improve their public weather models while ensuring that our government provides excellent real-time turbulence data to American aviation businesses. Congressman McCormick’s legislation would also lower the overall 5,000 flights per year that encounter turbulence and tackle the nearly 30% of delays caused by weather each year. This bill is a huge step forward in ensuring that our recreational and commercial pilots have a definitive and accurate source for turbulence information that can inform route-specific flight planning in the event of bad weather conditions.

"As a former helicopter pilot in the United States Marine Corps, I know firsthand the tough decisions many pilots have to make when dealing with inclement weather conditions and turbulence in the skies that impact flights across our country on an everyday basis. I am proud that my Aviation Weather Improvement Act has passed the House, so that pilots can have the resources necessary to make the most efficient and safest route plans as possible," said Rep. McCormick.

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