Aircraft are purchased for business purposes largely because of the added productivity. Business aircraft are productive because they will often get you closer to your destination than the scheduled airlines. In fact, there are over 5,000 airports across the US [...]
The FAA has been trying for years to decrease the number of runway incursions with little to no luck. Back in 2007 the FAA started a campaign to reduce these incursion and for the first year saw a noticeable decline [...]
Here we go again; the President's administration has targeted business aviation with a proposed $100 per-flight fee to be imposed on corporate jets and other turbine-powered & business aircraft that use the U.S. air-traffic system.They say these fees will raise [...]
On October 29, 2011 we will be welcoming the President & CEO of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association). Craig Fuller has been a pilot for more than 40 years, and has been at the controls of AOPA since [...]
Unless you've been living under a rock, any aviation enthusiasts can appreciate the beating Garmin products have taken in light of Apple's iPad. Many aviators have jumped on the iPad train, and for the most part, rightfully so. After all, [...]
The United States Department of Transportation has recently released the new Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) rates for the 2011 tax year. The SIFL rate is used to calculate the cost that should be charged to employees who use company [...]
On July 23rd, Congress adjourned and failed to pass a temporary funding measure for the Federal Aviation Administration. This funding measure's failure to pass has a direct result on 4,000 jobs at the FAA, and an estimated $2M per week [...]
Recently, our esteemed President floated another one of his brainy ideas. This time it was in a speech about the debt ceiling "crisis". His plan is to raise taxes, by disallowing the deduction, on corporations that purchase aircraft for business [...]
Clouds are very familiar to the aviation community. Cloud also is a "noun metaphor" used for the Internet. Information Technology (IT and at least the immediate entity known to me) has transitioned the noun into an acting verb cliche known as [...]
This week, Governor Nikki Haley proclaimed June 2011 as General Aviation Appreciation Month in South Carolina. There are now 23 states that have publicly recognized the value of general and business aviation to their respective economies. She writes, in part, [...]