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It is essential to have a concise and organized plan for your visit with a policymaker. NBAA has developed the following recommendations to ensure that your meetings are a success.

It’s nearly impossible for the government to have detailed knowledge of every aspect of your businesses and how you operate aircraft. What’s included in any … Continued

Now that you've fully described your standing, major issues and specific concerns with the proposal and provided your cost consequences and alternatives, it's time to submit these to the docket.

Beyond the major concerns you identified earlier, you will likely find additional elements of the proposal that also require comment. Sometimes these additional issues add up to a rather hefty price tag or burden.

Information on sales and use tax policies in the State of California.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Passive Activity Loss information and resources.

NBAA is coordinating with the University of North Dakota to conduct a survey regarding fatigue and crew duty issues in business aviation.

As the business aviation community increasingly finds itself once again confronted with a looming battle over proposals for privatizing ATC and funding the system with new user fees, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen told attendees to be vigilant, and ready to mobilize on this priority issue for the industry.

An introduction to the SMS concept and fundamentals, including the International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO) and information on regulatory requirements.

NBAA does offer a guideline resource to help you set up a timeshare, interchange, or joint ownership agreement.

Continuing threats of closure at California’s embattled Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) are upending one family’s assets and lifetime worth of work. Even though Kim Davidson, his family and staff have maintained thousands of aircraft at SMO since 1982, the respected service and repair center owner may see the fruits of his labor – and his retirement dreams – disappear.

Read how NBAA has promoted and protected business aviation for over 70 years in the January/February 2017 edition of Business Aviation Insider magazine, the Anniversary Issue.

FAA Associate Administrator for Aviation Safety Margaret “Peggy” Gilligan today received NBAA’s Silk Scarf Award for her significant contributions to the aviation industry.

General Aviation operators will require arrival and departure slot reservations at five Phoenix, AZ-area airports during the days surrounding the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Following President Trump’s March 16 release of a federal budget proposal that appears to endorse privatizing the nation’s aviation system, the issue continues to raise concern, and was top of mind when NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen and Vice President of Government Affairs Christa Lucas were in the Midwest last week to talk about how such a proposal would negatively impact the industry, and to encourage stakeholders to rally against such plans.

Changing International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards could impact business aircraft operators.

NBAA today joined eight other industry groups in asking Congress to fully fund the Contract Tower Program, which supports safety at communities across the country, as part of the FAA FY 2018 appropriations bill.

he standard applies to all new large aircraft type designs starting in 2020 and to all in-production aircraft types, including business and large aircraft, in 2023. Those in-production aircraft which do not comply by 2028 will no longer be able to be produced without sufficient modifications to the design. Certain small aircraft, including small turbine-powered airplanes with a maximum takeoff mass under 12,500 pounds, and piston-engine airplanes and turboprops below 19,000 pounds, are exempted from this standard.

In the event of an in-flight contingency while flying in the new half-degree reduced lateral separation minima tracks across the North Atlantic, a new procedure for diversion or 180-degree turn-back is an option, but not a required SOP change.