Mon, Feb 02, 2004
Speech Will Focus On Current State Of General Aviation
AOPA President Phil Boyer will be
the keynote speaker at this year's Great Lakes Aviation Conference,
being held February 6-8 in Lansing (MI). Boyer's address at 11:45
a.m. on Saturday, February 7, will look at the current state of
general aviation, as well as some of the challenges and
opportunities GA faces on Capitol Hill and in statehouses, and
county and city council chambers around the country.
And if he shows up in a bright red Waco biplane, someone else at
the conference might — just might — be going home with
the AOPA Centennial of Flight Sweepstakes grand prize.
"On the whole, general aviation is alive and well, compared to
the problems in the airline industry, no matter what the airspace
news of the moment might indicate," said Boyer. "Our members
continue to tell us they're optimistic about the future of GA.
Pilots across the vast majority of the United States are able to
fly pretty much as they did before September 11, 2001, barring
selected areas and all of the nation's capital. Sales of new
single-engine piston aircraft continue to hold their own, and the
rest of the industry is beginning to forecast an upturn — and
all this without a dime of federal assistance for GA businesses hit
hard after the terrorist attacks. And every now and then, there are
hints that government officials recognize that they overreacted to
the GA 'threat' after those attacks.
"I'll take a look at some of the legislative issues facing GA
pilots in this Presidential election year. And I'll talk about some
of what AOPA is doing to help protect and preserve our nation's
airports ... and what individual pilots can do to help as
well."
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