Sat, Nov 20, 2004
NATA President James K.
Coyne is reportedly QUITE pleased with the resounding success of
this week's Aviation Business Roundtable that concluded Friday, at
noon. The two-day meeting is the first of its kind to assemble top
business leaders from all aspects of this country's aviation
industry to meet with key Federal and Congressional officials in
Washington, D.C. Attendees included chief executives from airline
service providers, manufacturers, charter operators, fixed base
operators, flight training facilities, and fractional aircraft
ownership organizations.
The event highlighted
meetings with a host of top senior Bush Administration officials
and included a reception with Vice President Richard B. Cheney and
Mrs. Cheney at the Vice President's residence on Massachusetts
Avenue.
Other high profile attendees included:
- Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
- Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa
Hutchinson
- Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary David M.
Stone
- National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Ellen Engleman
Conners
- U.S. Senate Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Trent Lot
- U.S. Senate Interior Appropriation Subcommittee Chairman Conrad
Burns
- U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee Chairman
John Mica
- U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Appropriations
Subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers
- U.S. House of Representatives Transportation, Treasury &
Independent Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Todd
Tiahrt
- U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee Member
Stephen Pearce
The Aviation Business Roundtable was created to establish an
entirely new relationship between government and aviation
businesses, one that recognizes the critical role NATA member
companies will play in redefining air transportation in the 21st
century.
"I could not be happier
with the efforts of the group that assembled here this week in
Washington," Coyne stated. "These attendees were the best of the
best and were able to demonstrate to Vice President Cheney,
Secretary Mineta, Under Secretary Hutchinson and the rest of our
outstanding group of speakers what the aviation business segment of
our industry has to offer to the American public now and in the
future."
The group also considered and adopted a number of white papers
on pressing matters affecting attendees that the association will
now act upon in the upcoming 109th Congress.
The topics for these white papers included:
- Promoting aviation in the United States
- Airports providing aviation services
- Ensuring that Part 135 and 91 operators have access to
America's airspace and airports.
"The attendees were successful not only in demonstrating the
impact that this segment of the aviation industry has on the
nation's economy but also that there still is a bright future for
our nation's air transportation system," Coyne concluded.
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