This is from Jack J. Pelton, Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) CEO/Chairman:
“We were surprised at the announcement of the settlement between the FAA and the city of Santa Monica regarding its airport. It is certainly a disappointing development, first concerning the immediate ability to shorten the runway, and the ultimate ability to close the airport in 2028. While we can only guess at the inside discussions to reach this settlement as to our knowledge, the airport’s stakeholders were not a part of it, the founding principles of FAA grant assurances are to maintain stability for an airport and its users as part of the national airspace system, above local political maneuvering.”
FAA news release: https://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=21394
