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GAMA Welcomes Expanded Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement On Pilot Training
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) commends the signing of two new annexes to the EU-U.S. Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement on Cooperation in the Regulation of Civil Aviation Safety.
This Year's NBAA BACE Made Me 100,000 Times Happier
By Paul T. Glessner, M.S.
Tuesday (Oct. 10) morning speech participants. (Paul T. Glessner)This year’s NBAA-BACE held in Las Vegas last month marks the 70th anniversary of the organization and just nine days after the horrific shooting, was the first major convention since the nightmare. Extra security was present in the form of added staff to check IDs and plenty of K-9s. I have luckily attended a handful of these conventions over the last 20 years, including last year’s Orlando location, and I must say, if you have any business in aviation, you must attend! If not for the educational seminars and the tactile touch and display of products and aircraft, the social aspect where new acquaintances today mean more profits and avenues tomorrow. While I will do my best to give my personal overview in this short article, NBAA did a more extensive and detailed summary that can be found at www.nbaa.org/events/bace/2017/newsroom.
The event featured about 1,100 exhibitors, including more than 100 new exhibitors. Attendees, estimated at 27,000, represented all 50 U.S. states and dozens of countries, according to NBAA. Approximately 100 aircraft were on static display, both at Henderson Executive Airport and inside the convention center.
Tuesday kicked off with the leaders of six influential general aviation (GA) advocacy groups delivering a powerful and coherent message of united opposition against ATC privatization during the “No Plane No Gain” Media Kick-Off Breakfast. All the acronyms were represented: NBAA, EAA, GAMA, HAI, NATA, and AOPA.
“This year, we mark NBAA’s 70th anniversary,” said NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen. “Starting at our first convention in 1950, 19 companies came together in a hotel to work together and pool their resources. They realized we could do more together than any company can do by itself. And today, we’ve grown to more than 11,000 members.
GAMA Welcomes New Era of GA Development With Final CS-23 Rule
GAMA Mourns the Loss of Henry Ogrodzinski
GAMA Testifies Before U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee on the State of American Aviation
The U.S. House Aviation Subcommittee, chaired by Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), held a hearing in December to discuss the state of American aviation. Pete Bunce, President and CEO, testified on behalf of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).
General aviation is an essential part of the U.S. transportation system, serving as an economic lifeline to small communities, delivering disaster relief supplies to those in need, assisting in medical evacuations and facilitating the development of the growing energy industry. General aviation supports more than 1.2 million jobs and over $150 billion in economic activity annually. General aviation manufacturing employs individuals in more than 40 states and generated $4.8 billion in exports in 2012.
GAMA Welcomes ICAO Resolution on Climate Change
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) welcomed the October 4 approval by the 38th General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) meeting in Montreal of a resolution that addresses greenhouse gas emissions from aviation.
ICAO’s 191 member countries agreed to develop a single global market-based measure (MBM) for aviation emissions from 2020, the specifics of which are to be decided at ICAO by 2016. In addition, detailed technical discussions lie ahead as governments work on the monitoring, reporting and verification standards for such a scheme.
House General Aviation Caucus Membership Hits Magic Number of 218
Broad, bipartisan support for general aviation priorities in Congress
House General Aviation Caucus Co-Chairs Sam Graves (R-MO) and John Barrow (D-GA) on Sept. 12 announced that, for the first time in its history, more than half off the House of Representatives had joined the group. The current tally stands at 223 members. The purpose of the House General Aviation Caucus is to inform Members and staff about the importance of General Aviation (GA) to our economy and transportation system.
“Crossing the 218 mark is a great victory for general aviation,” said Congressman Graves. “Education is key to our efforts to highlight the everyday concerns of America’s pilots, so having the majority of the House participating in the caucus is important. General aviation carries 166 million passengers to around 5,000 communities over 27 million flight hours each year, and more than two-thirds of these flights are for business purposes.”
GAMA Joins Other Aviation Associations Calling For End to Government Shut-Down
GAMA STATEMENT ON GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN’S IMPACT ON GA MANUFACTURERS
GAMA Pleased with Introduction of Small Aircraft Revitalization Act in Senate
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) welcomed the introduction of the Small Aircraft Revitalization Act of 2013 by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and
GAMA Files Comments in Support of FAA Airman Certification Standards for Pilot Training
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has filed comments on the draft Airman Certification Standards (ACS) for private pilot and instrument ratings. The comments strongly support the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) efforts to
GAMA Awards Edward W. Stimpson and Dr. Harold S. Wood Scholarships
Governor Walker, Senator Johnson and Congressmen Petri and Ribble to Attend General Aviation Jobs Rally
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), in partnership with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., will hold a rally celebrating general aviation’s (GA) contributions to the economy on May 30. Governor Scott Walker
GAMA Convenes Rotorcraft Safety and Certification Forum
Editorial: Elections Have Come and Gone
By Ed Downs
It is traditional in many publications to use December editorial space to talk about the year that has just flown past. To be sure, that is a fine tradition, but perhaps the future is a topic of more interest and need. Aviation is entering some challenging times, and we need to take some positive steps to make sure the most unique aviation structure in the world remains healthy. But first, let’s just do some griping!
2012 was an election year to be remembered. Unfortunately, that remembrance is most likely not going to be because of the important issues that were covered or principles of government being argued. Instead, we will remember some of the most negative campaigning in this country’s history. But even more disappointing, was the manner in which politicians and pollsters divided up the country into opposing voting groups, or “classes.” Rich were pitted against poor; the middle class was pitted against both income “classes.” Age groups were defined and divided, with political “pitch” ads catering to each group as if in opposition to another age group. Certainly ethnic groups were carefully “classed” and addressed as if they lived in different countries. Women were focused upon as if their America was completely different from the one that men live in. This writer is sure that there is, somewhere, a set of stats that breaks America down by shoe and hat size, characterizing folks with big feet and small heads as voting in a particular style and needing to see particular political ads. The old axiom of “divide and conquer” is alive and well. The fact is, the divisiveness of 2012 has been the policy of politicians at all levels for some years and we must assume that it will continue, until we voters finally stand up and call for a stop.