{"id":27000,"date":"2023-10-30T17:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27000"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:24:03","slug":"nata-president-and-ceo-curt-castagna-steps-in-as-industry-co-chair-of-eagle-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/nata-president-and-ceo-curt-castagna-steps-in-as-industry-co-chair-of-eagle-initiative\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna Steps in as Industry Co-Chair of EAGLE Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, the EAGLE (Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead\nEmissions) Initiative announced that NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna will\nserve as co-chair, alongside the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA)\nExecutive Director of Aircraft Certification Services (AIR-1) Lirio Liu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"189\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Curt-Castagna-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27001\"\/><figcaption><em>Curt Castagna<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Castagna is the second industry co-chair of the EAGLE\nInitiative\u2013a collaborative effort between industry stakeholders and the FAA to\nadvance the removal of lead from avgas by 2030 or sooner. Castagna follows AOPA\nPresident and CEO Mark Baker who served in the co-chair role since the\nprogram\u2019s inception in February 2022. The announcement followed an\nEAGLE-sponsored briefing to educate audiences on the EPA Endangerment Finding,\nincreasing understanding of the scope of its impact on general aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNATA and its members continue to prioritize a safe and\nefficient transition to unleaded aviation fuel, and I am humbled to work with\nthe FAA and our industry partners in my new role as we progress towards the\neventual distribution of new fuels to airports and FBOs,\u201d stated Castagna. \u201cAt\nthis crucial juncture in the future of the general aviation industry, we\nappreciate and are most grateful for Mark Baker\u2019s work as co-chair, his\nleadership on behalf of his members and the industry, and his efforts to spread\nawareness of EAGLE and its mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the EAGLE (Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions) Initiative announced that NATA President and CEO Curt Castagna will serve as co-chair, alongside the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s (FAA) Executive Director of Aircraft Certification Services (AIR-1) Lirio Liu. Castagna is the second industry co-chair of the EAGLE Initiative\u2013a collaborative effort between industry stakeholders and the FAA [&hellip;]<\/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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27000","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=27000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27002,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27000\/revisions\/27002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}