Regulations and Government
A Year of Partisanship and Change, a Year of Bipartisanship and Stability
Washington is facing a shakeup, but a massive FAA bill sets a stable foundation over five years
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This has been a pivotal year for aviation policy, setting in motion the foundation for the FAA’s activities over the next several years. Further, the release of the long-awaited safety management system (SMS) mandate is pushing operators and companies into action that until then may have adopted a wait-and-see approach.

However, 2024 also ratcheted up the bureaucracy on top-tier corporate operators who may have been swept into the populism of “paying their fair share,” and on charter operators who may have been pulled into the Part 380 wars.

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