ATCA?s FAA Budget Briefing to Industry

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The FAA’s 2009 federal budget request was recently sent to Congress. Without trying to wade through the details of the complicated document, you have an opportunity to better understand the aspects that affect you by attending ATCA’s annual “Budget Briefing to Industry� on March 4th at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, VA. The half day-long series of briefings will allow you to ask direct questions to FAA Executives. See the program and register now at http://www.atca.org.

With a workforce of 45,416 and an annual budget of $14.5 billion in FY 2007, the FAA operates and maintains the most complex air traffic control system in the world. The FAA’s FY 2009 budget request will follow through on the Administration’s pledge to push Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), Funding Reform and Reauthorization, and staffing plans to an urgent priority level.

FAA has prepared this budget request in a new account structure aligned with their lines of business and consistent with the agency’s reauthorization proposal. Starting in FY 2009, the Operations and Facilities & Equipment accounts will no longer receive appropriations. Instead, funding is requested in two new accounts: Safety & Operations and Air Traffic Organization. The new accounts each include funding from both of the traditional Operations and Facilities & Equipment accounts. The Research, Engineering & Development and Airport Improvement Program accounts will remain essentially unchanged under the proposal. Find out what it means to you and your business by attending the Federal Budget Briefing to Industry hosted by ATCA.

If you presently do business with the FAA or plan to in the future, this is a “must attend� event. Register and see the full program details at http://www.atca.org.

Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) has been the premier global organization dedicated to the advancement of the science and profession of air traffic control for over fifty years. Members are drawn to ATCA because it is a professional organization with national and global influence, furthers the progress in ATC, ATM, aviation and aeronautical sciences, and policy developments. All aspects of the aviation business are affected by air traffic control and are found within the membership of ATCA.