Opposition to air traffic control privatization

NBAA's public policy initiatives in 2018 centered on the organization's opposition to air traffic control privatization.^[5] The matter was debated in 2018 as part of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) congressional reauthorization process. Various proposals for extracting and privatizing air traffic control (ATC) were debated.^[6] NBAA's opposition to ATC privatization was motivated by the potential lack of representation on the AANS board (the proposed directors who would oversee a privatized ATC system).^[7] "Critics say that, given where the members are drawn from, the board would end up controlled by airline-related interests. They worry that the focus would accordingly be on the major airline corridors, with rural airports and users becoming second-class (or maybe third- or fourth-class) citizens."^[7] Ultimately, the FAA reauthorization was passed without including any ATC privatization measures.^[8]

Taxation

The organization supported tax rules in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for deduction of business aircraft costs in the first year (also known as "immediate expensing").^[9]

In 2024, the NBAA opposed an Internal Revenue Service crackdown on tax write-offs for private jet travel.^[10]