Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Bunce Specifically Calls For Bonus Depreciation And Improved
Credit
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) called
attention to policies that will be instrumental in ensuring a
robust recovery of the general aviation manufacturing industry
during its Annual Industry Review and Market Outlook Briefing
today.
GAMA's President and CEO, Pete Bunce, expressed the Association's
continued strong support for air traffic control modernization
through coordinated government-industry development of NextGen and
the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) initiative. "The FAA
made important progress in the implementation of NextGen in 2009
with initial deployment of the ground infrastructure and the
publication of technical standard orders (TSOs) for Automatic
Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B)," said Bunce. "Now, one
of the crucial factors in the acceleration of this modernization
effort is to equip aircraft with the avionics needed to utilize
these new satellite-based technologies. We see a public-private
partnership to incentivize equipage as fundamental to achieving
NextGen safety, capacity, and environmental benefits at an earlier
date."
During the press conference, Bunce also stressed the industry's
commitment to partner with the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA). "Over the last year, the general aviation
community has worked cooperatively with TSA to make tremendous
improvements to the original Large Aircraft Security Program
proposed at the end of 2008. We call on the TSA to publish a
supplemental rulemaking proposal in the very near future that
properly assesses security risks and reflects appropriate
mitigations."
Bunce concluded, "As we work our way
out of this severe recession, pro-growth, pro-manufacturing
measures and policies, such as bonus depreciation and improving
credit availability, will be crucial to allow our industry to bring
back lost jobs. The right policies will have a profound impact on
the success of thousands of companies and communities that rely on
general aviation through the more than one million jobs that our
industry supports."
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