The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) lauded the\nintroduction this week of U.S. Senate Bill 3360 \u2013 legislation to create a\ndedicated forum to foster collaboration between all segments of the nation\u2019s\naviation and aerospace industries, with a particular focus on workforce\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bipartisan measure, introduced Feb. 27 by U.S. Sens. Jim\nInhofe (R-OK) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), would establish the National Center\nfor the Advancement of Aviation (NCAA) where stakeholders could work together\nto coordinate, promote and support the development of aviation and aerospace\nwithin the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn the more than 100 years since Wilbur and Orville Wright\nconducted their historic flights at Kitty Hawk, our nation has seen aviation in\nthe United States grow, powered by the individual passions of pilots, aviators\nand countless others,\u201d Inhofe said in a statement. \u201cThe NCAA will advance a\ncollaborative process to promote aviation in the United States and assist in\nthe development of the next generation of aviation and aerospace workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
View the bill.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a pilot, I know that investing in aviation-focused\neducation and workforce development programs helps attract and retain the best\ntalent and keeps our nation at the forefront of global aviation innovation,\u201d\nDuckworth said in a statement, adding the measure supports, \u201cthe development of\nnext-generation aviators and foster collaboration in the aviation and aerospace\nindustries to help meet the demands and challenges of tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NBAA joined with more than 130 aviation trade and advocacy groups, commercial airlines, fractional and charter operators, pilots unions, state and airport representatives and other aviation stakeholders, representing hundreds of thousands of individuals, companies, schools and other entities involved in all segments of aviation and aerospace, in a letter expressing their support for the measure. Read the letter to lawmakers.<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSens. Inhofe and Duckworth are proven aviation champions,\nand their support for this important bill underscores their commitment to\nensuring the industry\u2019s future is bright,\u201d said NBAA President and CEO Ed\nBolen. \u201cWe are proud to support this legislation and look forward to doing all\nwe can to ensure its passage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the potential roles for the NCAA cited by those groups\nwould be to provide STEM-focused resources to high school and collegiate\ncurriculum developers; serve as a collaborative forum to leverage and share\nexpertise amongst all industry sectors; function as a central repository for\neconomic and safety data research and analysis; and support symposiums and\nconferences to facilitate cross-disciplinary collaboration across aviation and\naerospace communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) lauded the introduction this week of U.S. Senate Bill 3360 \u2013 legislation to create a dedicated forum to foster collaboration between all segments of the nation\u2019s aviation and aerospace industries, with a particular focus on workforce development. The bipartisan measure, introduced Feb. 27 by U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-of-columbia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14965,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14964\/revisions\/14965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}