Regulations and Government
At NBAA Forum, Bolen Urges Action Ahead of ATC Vote
With a vote on the latest measure aimed at privatizing the nation's air traffic control system slated for next week, the time to act is now, he said.
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen indicates just how many days remain until the House vote on a airline-backed measure to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen indicates just how many days remain until the House vote on a airline-backed measure to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system. (Photo: Matt Thurber/AIN)

With the vote on a measure to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system scheduled for next week in the House of Representatives, airline-funded ads attacking business aviation are flooding the Washington, D.C. airwaves, according to NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. Speaking this morning at the NBAA Regional Forum at New Jersey’s Morristown Municipal Airport, he described the measure—HR 2997, the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization Act—as a power grab by the airlines.