Regulations and Government
Stakeholders Debate NextGen Funding Options
Experts weigh in on private versus public funding and implementation.
Listening to Paul Rinaldi (center), president of Natca, at the Chamber of Commerce aviation summit are (from left) Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO; Robert Poole, director of transportation policy, Reason Foundation; Steve Van Beek, executive director policy and strategy, consulting firm Leigh Fisher; and moderator Robert Crandall, former chairman of American Airlines. Photo: Paul Lowe
Listening to Paul Rinaldi (center), president of Natca, at the Chamber of Commerce aviation summit are (from left) Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO; Robert Poole, director of transportation policy, Reason Foundation; Steve Van Beek, executive director policy and strategy, consulting firm Leigh Fisher; and moderator Robert Crandall, former chairman of American Airlines. Photo: Paul Lowe

A diverse panel of four aviation stakeholders kicked off the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 13th annual aviation summit this spring in Washington, D.C., with a lively discussion of NextGen that seemed to indicate that all sides are moving closer to consensus on how the system should be built and funded.