Finance, Taxes, Insurance
NBAA Chief: Business Aviation Under Attack
Urges community outreach to oppose proposed measures
NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen
Speaking this morning at the opening session of this year's Schedulers and Dispatchers Conference in Fort Worth, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen warned that recent legistative proposals amount to an attack on the business aviation industry. © Curt Epstein/AIN

“This day happens to be one of the most important days that we have seen in a long time,” NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen said this morning during the opening session at the association's 35th annual Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (SDC). “That is because, over the last week, we have seen misstatements about business aviation and misperceptions being projected.”

He was referring to proposals in Washington regarding increasing jet fuel taxes on business aviation, lengthening aircraft depreciation schedules, and stepped-up IRS auditing of aircraft operators. “We see that our industry is effectively under attack,” Bolen stated.