{"id":28137,"date":"2024-03-12T14:28:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28137"},"modified":"2024-03-12T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:28:50","slug":"gama-highlights-u-s-policies-affecting-general-aviation-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/gama-highlights-u-s-policies-affecting-general-aviation-manufacturing\/%20","title":{"rendered":"GAMA Highlights U.S. Policies Affecting General Aviation Manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President and CEO, Pete Bunce, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. President\u2019s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe general and business aviation industry has supported\nthe Biden-Harris Administration in strengthening safety, furthering workforce\ninvestments and enhancing sustainability of the sector. We are pleased to see\nthat the President\u2019s Budget prioritizes investment in the FAA to improve\ncertification and oversight, and address air traffic workforce and facilities\nand equipment issues,\u201d noted Bunce. \u201cIt is, however, disheartening to see that\nshort-sighted political proposals are now being put forth that can set back our\nindustry with consequences that harm our indispensable workforce, the very same\nmen and women in the United States manufacturing sector that the Administration\nclaims to emphatically support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The political soundbites of closing the so-called corporate\njet loophole and drastically increasing the jet fuel tax, by nearly five times,\ndoes nothing more than harm demand for state-of-the-art aircraft that are\ncalled \u2018business jets\u2019 or \u2018corporate jets\u2019 for a specific reason. \u201cThese\nvehicles facilitate efficient mobility for businesses to create jobs throughout\nour nation, particularly in communities underserved by commercial service. Why\nwould the Administration want to hurt workers who make these aircraft or those\ncommunities that benefit from the jobs and\/or mobility these vehicles enable,\u201d\nquestioned Bunce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bunce said it is important to note that general and business\naviation supports $247 billion in total economic output and 1.2 million total\njobs in the United States. The industry fosters and provides critical\ntransportation options to companies and organizations of all kinds and sizes,\nincluding nonprofits, agriculture, emergency response, forest fire suppression,\nlaw enforcement, humanitarian services and government agencies. The general and\nbusiness aviation industry has also been an innovation incubator for the entire\naviation sector whether through implementing safety or efficiency improvements\nor being first adopters in the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. \u201cThe health\nand livelihood of our industry is dependent on having an effective, reliable\nand conducive regulatory and business environment,\u201d said Bunce. \u201cThese tax\nproposals go in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the President\u2019s Budget is an outline of the\nAdministration\u2019s priorities, Bunce said they encourage Congress to have a more\nconstructive approach as it works to set and pass the budget for the federal\ngovernment in the coming fiscal year. \u201cIn the meantime, GAMA will continue its\nstaunch advocacy of our world-class manufacturers and workforce, demonstrating\nthe utility and importance of the industry and its great manufacturing jobs\nbefore the Administration and Congress.\u201d \n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) President and CEO, Pete Bunce, issued the following statement regarding the U.S. President\u2019s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025: \u201cThe general and business aviation industry has supported the Biden-Harris Administration in strengthening safety, furthering workforce investments and enhancing sustainability of the sector. We are pleased to see that the President\u2019s Budget […]<\/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-28137","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\/28137","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=28137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28138,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28137\/revisions\/28138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}