7/31/2019 Press statement from Long Island MacArthur Airport
Commissioner Teresa Rizzuto
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Statement of Commissioner Teresa A. Rizzuto
6/14/2012 8:26 PM
The Supervisor certainly has the right to select people with
whom he chooses to work and I respect that.
It has been an honor to serve as Commissioner for nearly five
years where I have been associated with
some of the hardest working people in the aviation business. The
airline industry is in the throes of
enormous turmoil, from bankruptcies to consolidation from fuel
spikes to reduced passenger loads.
Through it all, the people at Long Island MacArthur have given
their all, ensuring that the flying public is
always greeted by consummate professionals in a safe environment
with state-of-the-art amenities.
I look back with pride at important personal milestones. After
nearly four years and especially during the
past ten months of lobbying, conferences, presentations and
meetings I am confident that we have
paved the way for the Croci administration to follow so that at
least one new airline may be introduced
to MacArthur in the near future. And we have enjoyed strategic
support for the arrival of direct, non-
stop US Airways service to Washington D.C. Senator Schumer and
Congressman Israel should take the
honors there because their advocacy has been nothing less than
critical. On a far more tactical level,
during snow storms we were open when others closed. We made
security screening efficient and as
painless as possible. We created the foundation for significant
aviation related investment in and around
the airport. We set the stage for a genuine intermodal
connection between rail and air at neighboringR
transportation system.
During my tenure I have been offered a number of awards and
citations for professional leadership but
it has always been clear to me that these presentations were, in
reality, tributes to the people with
whom I have had the opportunity to work. The men and women at
Long Island MacArthur have set new
standards of excellence for airport operations. I had the good
fortune to lead that team during a period
of change and challenge. At the end of the day the continued
success of Long Island MacArthur will be
sustained by these same people.
