NBAA Chief Looks Ahead to FAA Reauthorization
At the annual JetNet iQ Summit, Bolen along with GAMA president Pete Bunce described how industry engagement derailed ATC privatization plans.
(r-l) JetNet IQ managing director Rollie Vincent, led a discussion kicking off the 8th Annual Jetnet IQ Summit with NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, GAMA president Pete Bunce and EBAA chairman Juergen Wiese. (Photo: Curt Epstein)
(r-l) JetNet IQ managing director Rollie Vincent, led a discussion kicking off the 8th Annual Jetnet IQ Summit with NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, GAMA president Pete Bunce and EBAA chairman Juergen Wiese. (Photo: Curt Epstein)

“I think we’ve come a long way in the last year,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen yesterday during the opening session of the eighth annual JetNet iQ Summit. He described how the organization, with support from the other aviation alphabet groups, was able to fend off two attempts in the past year to give control of the nation’s air traffic control system to the airlines, as part of the FAA reauthorization bill.