Polls
- What is your current employment status as a business aviation professional? (You may also make comments on the results page.) - 217 votes - open
- Following Randy Babbitts' resignation as FAA Administrator, who should be the next Administrator? - 193 votes - open
- How critical would a $100 user fee on all IFR flights be to U.S. aviation? - 164 votes - closed
- Are flight simulation training providers stressing automation too much in aircraft type rating courses and renewals? - 60 votes - open
- Which party needs to get its act together to prevent safety lapses caused by fatigued air traffic controllers? - 31 votes - closed
- With the advent of reliable low-cost tablet devices and apps for them such as Jeppesen Mobile TC and ForeFlight, would you be concerned if Jeppesen and/or the FAA (NACO) stopped printing paper approach charts (but not IFR/VFR en route charts)? - 106 votes - closed
- Some FBOs are instituting new fees that operators deem unreasonable. What has been your experience lately? - 16 votes - closed
- The U.S. DOT is considering limiting the BARR program to companies only with "bonafide security concerns." If your company is currently enrolled but would be ineligible under the new limitations, what would the effect be for your flight department? - 15 votes - closed
- As we transition to NextGen, which will require ADS-B Out for all aircraft by 2020, are you concerned about your business airplane being more easily trackable? - 26 votes - closed
- The FAA is mandating that aircraft be equipped with ADS-B Out within the next decade. Should the U.S. government pay for aircraft equipage because these systems provide little benefit to the user? If so, how much? - 42 votes - closed
- OEMs manufacturing aircraft in the U.S. are increasingly shifting work to Mexico to lower their labor costs. As an end user of these aircraft, do you believe that this compromises the quality/integrity of these aircraft? - 61 votes - closed
- In the running of your flight department, how much discussion has been devoted to the issue of NextGen avionics equipage? - 26 votes - closed
- Now that the FAA will issue special-issuance medicals for pilots on antidepressants, would you hire a pilot, or allow an existing pilot, who is taking FAA-approved antidepressants, to fly for your flight department? - 119 votes - closed
- Because of the political fallout from the JFK controller who allowed his children to make radio calls, the FAA is threatening not to allow tower visits and to fire the controller. Is this the right move or an overreaction? - 302 votes - closed
- What is your first consideration when choosing an FBO? - 94 votes - closed
