Well, glory be!
Business aviation has a new friend and CBS Evening News ran a great video telling the good news.
I gotta admit I would have missed this (I was attending my 50th high school reunion and was too busy hugging women to be watching the news) if it hadn’t been reported in AOPA’s Aviation e-Brief. I went to the site and there was the CBS video showing and telling the good side of the business aviation story.
This may be a major turning point. Ever since November—when three of the large automakers flew three corporate jets to Washington to beg for bailout money—we’ve heard naught but vilification about corporate aircraft. Now the mayors of 70 small cities are asking Obama—who sneeringly referred to such aircraft as “fancy jets”—to help undo the bad rep of corporate aircraft.
Think of it—city guvmints are asking the federal guvmint to call off the dogs.
Wonderful! At last we have someone other than our own industry telling our story. These are our users and customers, and they say they need us.
If it hasn’t been yanked yet, you can see the story and video yourself at…
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/17/eveningnews/main5021145.shtml
Enjoy.
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