Aviation expert witnesses will no doubt be called to testify before Congress regarding “Open Skies” between the United States and European Union.
C. Boyden Gray, the U.S. envoy to the European Commission, said that a lot of work would need to be put into persuading the U.S. Congress not to block the deal amid fears of possible takeovers of U.S. airlines.
“It’s going to take a lot of work to persuade our congress that this is something that should be allowed, I don’t think it’s impossible to do at all but it will take generating public support in the United States and that is do-able but is not easy,” Gray said.
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