Surprisingly; Sam Graves Has Resportedly Offered Support For Reworked Proposal

EAA today joined a consortium of general aviation groups united in opposition to legislation introduced by Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pennsylvania), which includes provisions to turn the nation's air traffic control infrastructure and services to a privatized, non-profit board dominated by commercial aviation interests. The joint statement came from EAA, AOPA, NBAA, NATA, GAMA, and HAI: "As we have previously stated, privatizing ATC is a bad solution in search of a nonexistent problem," said Jack J. Pelton, EAA CEO and Chairman. "The unknown costs, transition, and fallout from this plan would be extremely harmful to general aviation. EAA supports modernization of the A

House Version Spins Off ATC, Senate Version Does Not

Congressional leaders in the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday began revealing their language for an FAA reauthorization bill, and there was one glaring difference between them. The House bill disconnects Air Traffic Control from the FAA, while the Senate version does not.

Rebuts Statements Made In Support Of The Plan

In a letter sent this week to the House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) responded to several assertions made in support of ATC privatization at last week’s Subcommittee hearing to review the Department of Transportation’s FY2018 budget request.