Washington, DC, January 29, 2018 – On January 23, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) held the first in its series of 2018 Industry Town Hall meetings with Phoenix-area companies gathering at Cutter Aviation (PHX). NATA Executive Vice President and General Counsel Tim Obitts led a discussion covering a range of issues confronting the region’s aviation business community — including improving relationships with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the impact of tax reform on general aviation, and recruiting employees to address the pilot and maintenance tech shortage confronting the industry.
“Events like these are critical to NATA better assisting its members to address the real-world issues they confront every day,” stated Obitts. “We thank Cutter Aviation for allowing us to meet at their Phoenix-Sky Harbor location and AirSure Limited for sponsoring this important series of industry meetings. General aviation is an important part of the Phoenix-metro area economy and we appreciate the important perspective attendees provided us,” Obitts concluded.
NATA Industry Town Halls are free to attend. Upcoming dates:
February 22 | Austin Executive Airport | Austin, TX
March 22 | Signature Flight Support | Denver, CO
April 19 | High Performance Aircraft | San Diego, CA
May 10 | Thunderbird Aviation| Minneapolis, MN
September 13 | Jet Aviation | Bedford, MA
September 25 | Epps Aviation | Atlanta, GA
November 15 | Banyan Air Services | Ft. Lauderdale, FL
For general press inquiries, contact Shannon Chambers at 703-298-1347 or schambers@nata.aero.
The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has been the voice of aviation business for more than 80 years. Representing nearly 3,700 aviation businesses, NATA’s member companies provide a broad range of services to general aviation, the airlines and the military and NATA serves as the public policy group representing the interests of aviation businesses before Congress and the federal agencies.