Hundreds of people were in attendance as four general aviation leaders — EAA President Jack Pelton, AOPA President Mark Baker, NBAA President and CEO Ed Bolen, and GAMA President Pete Bunce — spoke out on ATC privatization at AirVenture Oshkosh on Monday afternoon. Recently, more than 170 general aviation associations joined together to oppose the House’s ATC privatization bill. Tomorrow, Baker, Bolen and Bunce will leave AirVenture to travel to Washington to meet with the House General Aviation Caucus to tell members of Congress why they oppose privatization.
GA Leaders to Leave AirVenture Oshkosh to Meet with GA Caucus
Key Takeaways:
- General aviation (GA) leaders and over 170 GA associations are strongly opposing a House bill that proposes to privatize Air Traffic Control (ATC), with concerns about potential airline and union control.
- Three key GA leaders are urgently traveling from AirVenture to Washington D.C. to meet with the House General Aviation Caucus and advocate against privatization, prompted by a co-chairman's policy reversal and alleged tactics from the bill's proponent.
- GA leaders argue that the current ATC system's issues stem solely from inconsistent Congressional funding, asserting that a long-term spending bill would solve modernization problems without requiring privatization.
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