NBAA Flight Plan Podcasts
Summary: NBAA Flight Plan is a regular podcast featuring business aviation news and information for people on the go. Each issue provides an overview of important developments affecting NBAA Members, and the Association’s work to advocate for their interests. Listen to NBAA Flight Plan to hear the latest operational, regulatory and legislative news, and what it means for companies of all sizes, all across the U.S., that rely on business aviation to succeed. Subscribe to the NBAA Flight Plan podcast via iTunes or listen to past issues on NBAA.org.
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Concerned about user fee proposals and other issues, a delegation from the Minnesota Business Aviation Association (MBAA) visited Washington in November for a sit-down with members of their congressional delegation. "We went there with the attitude, 'We're here to tell you what's important to Minnesota business aviation and why it's important," Gordon Hoff, MBAA executive director, reported in this week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast.
With less than two months before the scheduled implementation of the European Union's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme, the world seems headed for a showdown over whom can impose what policy upon whom - and what the fallout will mean for business aviation.
In this episode of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast, NBAA Senior Vice President for Operations and Administration Steve Brown discusses the flashpoints in the debate over a proposed European Union Emissions Trading Scheme for aircraft, and what it means for NBAA Members.
A 2011 study by GRA, Inc. and the University of Houston shows how vital airports are in a city's overall financial picture. In this edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast, GRA, Inc. Vice President Richard Golaszewski said his study shows that the city's three major airports - two of which have a major general aviation component - contributed more than $27.5 billion to the regional economy last year and provided jobs for more than 47,000 people. Learn more.
As NBAA members confront a number of contentious issues here at home, so are EBAA members facing similarly difficult issues in Europe. Now, the European Business Aviation Association has taken on a new leadership strategy, designed to highlight the abilities and relationships that organization's new CEO, Fabio Gamba, brings to the group.
While NBAA's Convention is the largest marketplace in the world for buyers and sellers to meet face-to-face, it's also a forum for Attendees to mobilize and align their advocacy efforts on the most pressing issues faced by the entire community. When people in the aviation community take it upon themselves to speak up, their efforts often become the most effective advocacy initiatives. Attendees on the exhibit floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center say they're ready to take action. Hear more.
With the thousands of Attendees on-site at NBAA2011 in Las Vegas, it takes an army to support the onslaught of visitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Henderson Executive Airport (HND), home to the Static Display of Aircraft. One businesswoman tells how her restaurant at the airport took steps to prepare for the event. Listen to the interview.
NBAA's Bob Lamond, director, air traffic services & infrastucture, tells how the Association and the Las Vegas Airspace Users Council worked tirelessly with area air traffic control stakeholders to make arriving and departing Henderson Executive Airport (HND) easier and safer - and just in time for NBAA2011. Listen to the interview.
It's the most enticing aviation market in the world right now, where the economy is strong and customers are beating on the doors of aviation manufacturers worldwide. But there are problems in the skies above China. The country's aviation infrastructure is nascent and its government leery about privately operated aircraft at flight levels.
There's something different in the air for NBAA's 64thAnnual Meeting & Convention in Las Vegas this week. After remarkableefforts by NBAA's GA Desk and its director, along with the Federal Aviation Administration and local aviation officials in southern Nevada, the airspace surrounding this week's event is a very different place than it was just a few short months ago.
As NBAA's 64th Annual Meeting and Convention gets underway in Las Vegas, the business aviation community continues to confront challenges, especially in the Washington policy arena. Bolen talks about the industry's challenges, and how this convention will help Members engage effectively on issues that range from user fees to the BARR program.
Reacting to President Barak Obama's disparaging remarks about general aviation and his proposal of a user fee for civil aviation that could amount to $100 per flight, 77 mayors from across the United States have written a letter to the White House, hoping to educate a president they perceive as anti-aviation. "We just need the president to stop the rhetoric and stop saying the negative things," says Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer, who signed the letter and is actively recruiting other mayors to do the same.
The Obama administration's decision to include per-flight user charges as part of its legislation to address the deficit and jobs crises has been met with unconditional opposition from across the aviation industry. This week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast, features comments from NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen and others who explain their opposition to the proposal.
When Raymond Benjamin, the secretary general of the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization, addressed a recent four-day security summit in Montreal, he noted that while much has been done to harden aviation from security vulnerabilities since the terror attacks of 9/11, one key yet frequently overlooked concern is the threat of identity theft. "We first need to sharpen our focus on preventing identity fraud as we maintain our traditional emphasis on document security," Benjamin told conferees. This week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast has experts' tips for preventing identity theft when you travel.
The U.S. government's Biomass Crop Assistance Program is aimed at encouraging California, Washington and Montana farmers to grow camelina, a non-food source of oil used in the production of biofuel. Biofuel burns much cleaner than straight jet-A, which means a significant reduction in carbon output for aviation enterprises.