Originally Posted by FirstClass

I'm afraid you are mistaken. After the crash of ValuJet 592, President Clinton signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 1996. In the act, the dual mandate was removed.

Today's mandate reads as follows -"provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world." Nowhere does the words 'promote aviation' appear any longer.

Ask your management, I think some of them managed ValuJet if I'm not mistaken.