Regulations and Government
Washington Report: NBAA takes issue with USA Today
In a letter to USA Today, NBAA president Shelley Longmuir said the newspaper’s August 5 article on corporate aviation ignored the “demonstrated an

In a letter to USA Today, NBAA president Shelley Longmuir said the newspaper’s August 5 article on corporate aviation ignored the “demonstrated and over-arching benefits” of business aviation.

The article claimed that among companies that allow executives personal use of corporate aircraft, 140 CEOs ran up company-paid flight time worth $50,000 or more in 2002, up more than 50 percent from 2001. Of those, 40 “racked up” flight costs of at least $100,000, up 33 percent from 2001, according to the article.