NBAA Flight Plan Podcasts

Congress is back from an August break - what does that mean for business aviation? The industry has faced a host of legislative and regulatory challenges this year. Lisa Piccione, NBAA's senior vice president for government affairs, discusses recent activity on the TSA's LASP, and provides a look ahead to what is expected on reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration, and climate-change legislation that could impact the aviation sector.

This edition features an interview with John and Martha King, who discuss the importance of NBAA's Light Business Airplane (LBA) Conference for entrepreneurs who fly light airplanes for business. John and Martha highlight the sessions offered at LBA, including one they'll offer on the things they wish they'd known before they made the big step up to jet use.

NBAA's Security Council recently joined Doug Carr, the Association's vice president, safety, security and regulation for a meeting with the new general aviation manager at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). This week's edition of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast features an interview with Carr and Security Council Vice Chairman Greg Kulis about the variety of issues discussed at the meeting, including the TSA's proposed Large Aircraft Security Program (LASP), and expectations going forward.

As the No Plane No Gain campaign crosses the six-month mark since its launch, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, and General Aviation Manufacturers Association president and CEO Pete Bunce, discuss the campaign's progress in educating elected officials and policymakers about the value of business aviation to citizens, companies and communities.

This NBAA Flight Plan podcast provides the final installment in a four-part series about challenges to access at general aviation airports in California, and the potential of those challenges to set precedent at airports elsewhere. Santa Monica Airport (SMO) officials have tried to ban Class C and D aircraft, but NBAA and local business aviation experts, like attorney Patrick Bailey, continue their efforts to preserve business aviation access at SMO. Bailey says businesses fly into SMO to do business in Santa Monica, not nearby Los Angeles. Jol Silversmith, an associate with the law firm Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP, highlights the history of SMO's attempted bans.

Language to regulate transportation was included in the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454) passed by the House of Representatives in June. With Congress in adjournment for August recess, this episode features a conversation with Lisa Piccione, the Association's senior vice president for government affairs, on NBAA's concerns with H.R. 2454 and the status of the environmental policy debate in Congress.

This NBAA Flight Plan podcast provides the third installment in a four-part series about challenges to access at general aviation airports in California, and the potential of those challenges to set precedent at airports elsewhere. Jol Silversmith, an associate with the law firm Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP, discusses the situation at Van Nuys Airport, and what NBAA and local leaders in the business aviation community are doing to represent the industry.

In testimony before a House of Representatives Security Subcommittee, Martha King - co-founder of NBAA Member Company the King Schools, Inc. - told lawmakers that the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA's) Large Aircraft Security Program is put implemented as currently written, thousands of small and mid-size businesses would be stifled, with no tangible security benefit. NBAA Flight Plan spoke with Martha immediately following her testimony before the Subcommittee, and this podcast has her impressions from the hearing.

During a hearing on GA security before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Martha King, co-owner of King Schools, Inc., told Members of Congress that if the TSA overlays the security regime for large airlines onto small aircraft, thousands of small and mid-size businesses would be stifled, with no tangible security benefit. On behalf of her business and 8,000 other NBAA Member Companies, she outlined the dangers of the TSA's proposed LASP "This proposal does not recognize the significant differences between commercial airline operations and non-commercial operations, which do not carry members of the general public," she said.

In the wake of a fatal regional airline accident in Buffalo, NY earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been considering new flight time and rest rules. NBAA has concerns that the FAA's focus on the commercial airline accident could spill over into unscheduled, on-demand flights. NBAA Flight Plan talks with Doug Carr, NBAA's vice president for safety about what the NBAA is doing on the issue, and also with Mark Rosekind, Alert Solutions President and Chief Scientist, about sleep strategies for NBAA Members.

Throughout the summer, the NBAA Flight Plan podcast is focusing on challenges to access at general aviation airports in California, and the potential of those challenges to set precedent at airports elsewhere. Following on an overview of the situation in a June 16 installment of NBAA Flight Plan, this week's podcast focuses on Bob Hope Airport in Burbank. Jol Silversmith, an associate with the law firm Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP, discusses the situation at the airport, and what NBAA and local leaders in the business aviation community are doing to represent the industry.

NBAA Flight Plan talks with Carl Burleson, the FAA's Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy, Planning and Environment about where the Agency stands on emissions trading in Europe, and the developments on the EU-ETS mean for NBAA Members.

This episode provides an update on the NBAA's ongoing work to preserve access at Burbank, Santa Monica and Van Nuys Airports. Dan Burkhart, NBAA Regional Representative, and Jol Silversmith, an associate with the law firm Silversmith, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP, discuss the most pressing access issues at the three airports, and what NBAA and local leaders in the business aviation community are doing to represent the industry.

This episode of the NBAA Flight Plan podcast features an interview with Master Certified Flight Instructor Tom Turner on considerations for flying during the summer storm season.

In conjunction with the June 1 implementation date for the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA'S) 'Badging' security directive (SD), NBAA Flight Plan talks about the impact that the SD will have on the GA community, and what the Association is doing to make the program more reasonable and workable.