Tue, Mar 29, 2005
Part Of Nationwide Meetings On GA And Business Aviation
Speaking to a packed house, National
Air Transportation Association (NATA) president James K. Coyne
addressed the future of general aviation with members of the
industry and Congressman Leonard Boswell (D-IA) at Des Moines
International Airport.
Coyne explained pending legislation that NATA has been working
to see passed into law, including a measure by Congressman Todd
Tiahrt (R-KS) to return the mission of promoting aviation to the
Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) mandate. Following
the crash of ValuJet flight 592 in 1996, the mandate for the FAA to
promote aviation was removed by Congress. Congressman
Boswell, who is also a private pilot, agreed to co-sponsor the
Tiahrt legislation once it is introduced in April.
The meeting was one of several Coyne will hold across the
country to update local communities about the benefits of general
aviation and to assist local general aviation businesses to
understand the political climate in Washington, D.C.
Also during the meeting, Coyne
discussed a measure introduced by Congressman Steve Pearce (R-NM),
H.R. 1117, that would require airports to provide 75-year leases to
fixed base operators so those businesses could recoup their costs
for expanding facilities such as hangars and fuel farms at those
airports. Boswell agreed to help with that legislation as
well.
"As we learned through the discussion of the hangar lease
legislation today, NATA is really out there trying to help
operators of all sizes," said Rick Michalski, vice president and
general manager of Elliott Aviation in Des Moines, the sponsor of
the event. "We are in the process of negotiating a new lease
here in Des Moines, and we would have been very happy to have hoped
for a 12 to 15-year lease, but now we have hope that we will be
able to see a much longer lease so we can recoup our investment and
still continue to afford living here."
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