ATA Boss Slaps GA, Bizav
Echoing a refrain that has been sung around Washington for years, Air Transport Association president and CEO James May reiterated recently that the airlin

Echoing a refrain that has been sung around Washington for years, Air Transport Association president and CEO James May reiterated recently that the airlines have been subsidizing general aviation, business aviation and government users of the civil aviation system for years, and he called for a sweeping reform of tax policies.

May stopped short of calling for general aviation user fees–as several of his airline bosses have done in the past–and he acknowledged that the airlines must help themselves to achieve good health. But he argued that is not the total solution.
“That can come only from the entire aviation community recognizing the current crisis and pulling together to create a whole new political and economic environment–one that invites changes and allows all of us to move forward together,” he said.