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After Dec. 18, 2015, the U.S. Department of State will no longer accept applications to add passport pages.

U.S. Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), said that his Pilot's Bill of Rights 2 has surpassed 60 cosponsors in the Senate, giving the measure a filibuster-proof, three-fifths supermajority, and boosting hopes that the legislation will become law in 2015 or2106.

NBAA and the Flight Safety Foundation have issued a call for papers for the 61st annual Business Aviation Safety Summit, which is scheduled for May 5 and 6, 2016 in Austin, TX.

NBAA and others oppose calls from within Congress for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take unilateral action in adopting aircraft emissions standards before the issuance of an internationally agreed-upon standard.

NBAA welcomed the introduction of legislation that makes clear management services provided to assist an aircraft owner in the operation of its aircraft are not subject to the ticket tax imposed on commercial air transportation.

Airport and aircraft operators can facilitate wider public acceptance of NextGen by involving all stakeholders - including the local community - in pre-implementation planning of local ATC procedures.

Governors in Alaska, Connecticut and Maryland are the latest to restate their support for business aviation, and community airports in their states.

Temporary flight restrictions (TFRs) have been released for Pope Francis's Sept. 2015 visit to Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA and New York City.

The FAA said as of Sept. 17, 2015, it is mandatory for pilots to make altitude corrections when approaching cold-temperature restricted airports.

An FAA Safety Alert for Operators emphasizes the need for flight crews to take a conservative approach when landing on water-slickened surfaces.

Craig Hanlon, chief pilot of Dupont Aviation and the new chairman of NBAA’s International Operations Committee, recently outlined his priorities for the committee during his two-year term as chair, and spoke about international business aviation trends.

Business aircraft operators and handlers met in Cincinnati, OH on Sept. 18, 2015, to focus on working together as an industry, and NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen was on hand to provide an update on Washington, DC regulatory and political developments.

The Small Flight Department Subcommittee of the NBAA Domestic Operations Committee is moving forward with an initiative designed to better support flight operations that have only one or two aircraft and a similar number of employees.

As of Sept. 24, 2015, flight crews should use the flight service common frequency of 122.2 MHz for flight watch services that were formerly available on 122.0 MHz and EFAS high-altitude discrete frequencies.

NBAA on Sept. 16 reaffirmed its support for post-9/11 GI Bill flight-training benefits, and expressed concern about the consequences to veterans and the aviation industry if discriminatory proposals to impose a severe cap or impose other restrictions on those benefits are adopted.

Now, in her ninth year as NBAA's Northwest regional representative, Kristi Ivey appreciates the importance of reaching out to students about aviation in general and careers in business aviation in particular.

Ensuring collaboration between pilots, schedulers, maintenance technicians and flight attendants is a never-ending but worthwhile quest. Business Aviation Insider magazine's September/October 2015 issue has the story.

Part 91 business aircraft operators may need authorization to fly GNSS-based RNAV instrument approaches to some foreign areas, and NBAA has worked with the FAA to facilitate this process.

Two training workshops held in advance of NBAA’s Sept. 17 St. Louis Regional Forum will address the new International Standard for Business Aircraft Handling (IS-BAH) certification.

The FAA is extending the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of the Southern California Metroplex project by an additional 30 days, until Oct. 8, 2015.