As the partial government shutdown drags on into its third week, aircraft manufacturers, brokers and dealers are still being hamstrung by the closure of the FAA registration office in Oklahoma City,which is preventing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of aircraft sales transactions from closing.
Aviation leaders, exasperated by Washington’s inaction to remedy the situation, held a rally last week on Capitol Hill to urge lawmakers to allow “vital aviation services” to resume by reopening the FAA Registry.
