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NBAA Chief Talks Bizav Safety as SDC Opens in New Orleans

Aviation is under scrutiny after several accidents to open the year

NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen — NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen discussed aviation safety and the industry’s perception this morning during the opening session of the association’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference 2025 in New Orleans. © Curt Epstein/AIN

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

March 26, 2025

In the opening session of NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in New Orleans this morning, Ed Bolen, the association’s president and CEO, addressed the recent spate of high-profile aviation accidents and their effects on the industry.

“We know that business aviation—all of aviation—is under a microscope right now,” he said, noting the fatal midair collision in Washington, D.C., involving an Army Black Hawk helicopter and a regional jet. That accident was followed by others involving business aviation aircraft, including fatal accidents involving a medevac Learjet in Philadelphia and a runway departure in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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