A Discussion with Senator Dan Sullivan about how the OBBBA impacts the Alaska's aviation industry.

Senator Dan Sullivan has kindly offered to meet virtually (see meeting details at the bottom of this invitation) with AACA members to discuss the opportunities the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) provides to Alaska's commercial aviation industry. Please join us as we hear from the senator and come prepared with any questions you have about the act.

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Here is an excerpt from Senator Sullivan's July 28 letter to Alaskansregarding the OBBBA:

"Upgrading America’s and Alaska’s Aviation Safety 

With hundreds of communities off the road system and fully reliant on aviation, and an air traffic control system responsible for the heavily trafficked aviation routes between North America and Asia, no state is more aware of our country’s aviation safety challenges than Alaska. Alaska faces an aviation accident rate that is 2.35 times higher than the national average. The OBBBA delivers major, long-overdue investments to address these challenges head-on, building on a broader federal aviation safety overhaul announced by President Trump and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy earlier this year, which included the addition of 174 new weather stations specifically for Alaska. The aviation safety provisions in the bill include $80 million to install no fewer than 50 Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS), 60 Visual Weather Observing Systems (VWOS), and 64 weather camera sites, along with a $40 million carve-out for the FAA Alaska Aviation Safety Initiative. These weather observing systems and camera sites will provide real-time weather data and visual confirmation in areas with harsh, rapidly changing conditions, ensuring that Alaska’s pilots have the technology they need to fly as safely as possible."

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