Legislators Worried About FAA Workforce, Experience
Legislators with aviation backgrounds brought up some critical issues that could drive next year's FAA reauthorization bill.
(l to r) Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO, lawmakers Sam Graves, Rick Larsen, and Scott Franklin, with GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce.
(l to r) Ed Bolen, NBAA president and CEO, lawmakers Sam Graves, Rick Larsen, and Scott Franklin, with GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce.

At the No Plane, No Gain breakfast on Tuesday morning at NBAA-BACE 2022, members of Congress on the panel shared their concerns about personnel shortages and technology advances outpacing the FAA’s ability to keep pace with aviation industry developments. The FAA is due for reauthorization in September, at the end of the FAA’s fiscal year 2023, and legislators are already planning for how a funding bill can help the FAA deal with these issues.