A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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James Wynbrandt

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC, Booth 687) arrives at NBAA 2018 on the heels of a series of appearances at international events, most recently this month’s 10th&nbsp;Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva, where it shared the "Business Aviation Guide to Sustainable Fuels" that was released at EBACE in May.

 


Representing business aviation associations from around the world, IBAC (Booth 687) in September attended an ICAO meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, to help “ensure the Asia-Pacific region’s continued commitment to a flexible, non-exclusionary approach to implementation of coming performance-based communications and surveillance (PBCS) requirements,” said IBAC director general Kurt Edwards. “The key issue here is that while business aviation is largely technically equipped to meet PBCS requirements, we have found that national authorities are themselves not prepared, potentially putting our operators at a disadvantage due to lack of authorizations.”

 


IBAC is now preparing to bring this issue “to the global community” at ICAO’S 13th&nbsp;Air Navigation Conference in Montreal later this month, which will lay the groundwork for action at the ICAO Assembly next fall.&nbsp;

 


“As the global aviation system seeks to apply new technologies to enhance efficiency and safety, we believe that ICAO, as part of its regular standards-making process, should assess the abilities of states to implement new requirements as it also consults with industry,” said Edwards. “Such an assessment does not currently exist and has led to unintended consequences for some business aircraft operators.”

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