Key Issues
Pilot Shortage
FAA Reauthorization
- Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs):
- Seat Pitch/Size:
- Pilot Flight and Duty Requirements
- Foreign Repair Stations
- DOT Full Fare Advertising Rule
- Enhancing Airline Competition at Congested Airports
Further Reducing the Industry’s Carbon Footprint
7th Freedom Operations by Foreign Carriers
Pilot Shortage
The airline industry is facing a significant pilot shortage. FAA needs to provide flexibility to permit FAA-approved simulator training hours to count towards the 1500 hour requirement. The quality of training hours should be paramount over the quantity of training hours.
FAA Reauthorization
- Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs)
- Seat Pitch/Size
- Pilot Flight and Duty Requirements
- Foreign Repair Stations
- DOT Full Fare Advertising Rule
- Enhancing Airline Competition at Congested Airports
Further Reducing the Industry’s Carbon Footprint
NACA supports the inclusion of “green initiatives” in pending infrastructure legislation, including more robust funding for the research and development of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and tax credits for SAF blenders, expedited deployment of the FAA’s NextGen initiative to modernize our nation’s air traffic management system, and NextGen equipage incentives.