21.02.2016 - 04:15 [ AIN Online ]

Bolen: Bizav Access to Airspace, Airports Under Threat

An FAA reauthorization bill that is expected to be introduced next week would not only privatize the U.S. air traffic control system and introduce aviation user fees but it will also likely choke general and business aviation’s access to airspace and airports near busy airline hubs, said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. Speaking today at the association’s regional forum at Atlantic Aviation in Palm Beach, Fla., he said, “The bill would make ATC a nonprofit private corporation with a board dominated by the airlines,allowing them to control access to airspace and airports.”