Connecting Airports, Businesses, Their People & Suppliers
volume 23 number 7
Publisher.. .......................................................................................Missy Zingsheim
EDITORIAL
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Editorial Director ......................................................................... John F. Infanger
I N S I D E t h e FENCE John F. Infanger,
Editorial Director
John.Infanger@cygnuspub.com
512-461-7266 Outtakes with insights ... thoughts contracting because of this. It could and worthwhile
Assistant Editor ............................................................................ Brad McAllister
Brad.McAllister@cygnuspub.com
that didn’t make the cover story ... be when we come out on the other goal. We’d like
800-547-7377 ext. 1370 This issue’s cover story features side that the total employment level of people to focus
Columnist ............................................................................................. Ralph Hood
ralph@ralphhood.com
insights from six aviation trade asso- this industry could be 20 percent lower on it being a
SALES ciation leaders and one business avia- than it was when we entered this in late scarce resource
National Accounts Manager.........................................................................Tina Wagner tion analyst. Here are a few of their 2008. And those folks will go off into — how do we
Tina.Wagner@cygnuspub.com
920-563-1621 thoughts from the editing file. other unrelated industries and really make it less scarce?
Classified Advertising..................................................................................Bennett Davis • Brian Foley, Brian Foley be lost to us forever.” • NATA’s Jim Coyne:
Bennett.Davis@cygnusb2b.com Associates: • NBAA’s Ed Bolen: “I just became an airport commis-
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National Automotive & Truck Manager.....................................................Tom Lutzke
“The Big Three had an impact; I “We’ve got work to do. We think sioner for an airport in Massachusetts.
630-484-8040 won’t blame the Big Three, I blame a community that actively speaks out I’ve been to a couple of meetings and
International Representative ..........................................................Lutz Krampitz
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey, Greece
Capitol Hill. They’re effort at jet bash- about the value of its airplanes is posi- it’s pretty obvious in that environment
krampitz@krampitzvv.com ing was very successful. It’s had an tive. Programs like GA Serves America, that there is a real nervousness about
International Sales Representative .......................................... Stephanie Painter
UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Netherlands
impact. One example is, in the past the which we think complements very nice- the next couple of years. Declining
stephanie@painter-lowe.com. big cabin airplanes weren’t as affected ly ‘noplanenogain’, those types of pub- airline revenues for a lot of airports
List Rentals .................................................................................. Elizabeth Jackson
phone: 847-492-1350 ext. 18 • fax: 847-492-0085
during a recession as the small and lic relations programs; a willingness on is putting scores of them in a really,
e-mail: ejackson@meritdirect.com medium cabin airplanes. They seemed the part of the community to speak out really tight spot right now.
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to be a market unto themselves and about the value of business aviation to • AAAE’s Todd Hauptli:
http://www.magreprints.com/quickquote.aspx?ID=cygnus almost insulated from downturns their company; all of those things are “Today, aviation contributes about
compared to the others. But due to important in addressing that issue. 4 percent to global greenhouse gas
PRODUCTION
Graphic Designer ................................................................................. Kayla White the bashing on Capitol Hill, the big “It is a fundamental issue for us emissions — less than cattle and farm-
Production Services Rep. ............................................................. Carmen Seeber cabin guys were affected by compa- right now. I think how it is handled ing. Aviation must continue to trim
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ADMINISTRATIVE
nies that typically buy them and were will have an impact on where we are emissions, and we’re working togeth-
Administrative Assistant ............................................................. Michelle Endres a bit spooked by the scrutiny that the five years from now. er with other stakeholders, including
CIRCULATION government was giving to business jet “The last Administration proposed aircraft operators and manufacturers.
Group Circulation Manager .......................................................... Jackie Dandoy
Circulation Manager ..................................................................... Debbie Dumke operators. Thanks to Washington, all slot auctions in New York. We think Airports can control only so much —
CYGNUS BUSINESS MEDIA
classes of cabins have been affected by the focus should be on things we can we don’t pick aircraft routings or types
CFO.......................................................................................................... James Ogle this downturn. do to expand capacity rather than of aircraft used, for instance.”
VP, Human Resources ............................................................... Judy Heidebrecht
VP, Manufacturing & Information Technology ............................... Tom Martin
“Sadly, our industry is actually