The Role of the FBO General Aviation Service

The Role of the FBO General Aviation Service Center

• The Textbook reviews, from an aviation standpoint, current small business practice and theory in areas such as business planning, marketing, financial strategy, human resources, and administration and information systems. • It explores the principal areas of general aviation center activity; namely, flight line and front desk, flight operations, and aviation maintenance.

• The regulatory context of each area is summarized in its pertinent chapter. • Physical facility planning for general aviation center areas and other parts of the airport and environs is discussed. • Finally, the book examines likely future trends affecting general aviation and general aviation center services.

• general aviation service centers or Fixed. Base Operators ((usually shortened to FBO), which are the service stations of the general aviation system • "General aviation service center" or "aviation service business" is probably more descriptive. • places the aviation service business in context as part of the national aviation system.

Market Changes of Recent Decades and Their Implications for Aviation • 1990's New Wealth • Sept 11, 2001 - Aviation and Terrorism • Computers and Exponential Growth in Information • Globalization of the Market • New and Re-Regulation: LSA

Aviation Milestones of Recent Decades • Industry Development • Airline Deregulation 1978 • General Aviation Revitalization Act • of 1994 (GARA) • The “Revenue Diversion" Issue • Threat of Airport Closures - Jim Coyne, President of NATA, indicated that an airport is shut down every week in the US.

Aviation Milestones of Recent Decades • Airport Improvement Funding (The Aviation and Investment Reform Act for the 21 st Century of 2002) • FAA Authorization Act of _______? ? ? • Fractional Aircraft Ownership • NASA's Involvement in General Aviation • Transportation Security Administration • Revolution in Avionics Technology

Components of the Modern Aviation Industry • Pilots-at all levels of rating; • Other aviation support personnel; • The airport system; • The air navigation system; • Aviation manufacturers; • Scheduled air carriers; • General aviation, including aviation service centers; • Aviation interest groups; and • The governmental regulatory system.

Aviation Regulation • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (DOT) • National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Fixed-Base Operators • • • Fixed-Base Operators: Their Role The array of possible aeronautical services listed by the Federal Aviation Administration is as follows: Charter operations; Pilot training; Aircraft rental and sightseeing; Aerial photography; Crop dusting/aerial application; Aerial advertising and surveying; Passenger transportation; Aircraft sales and service; Sale of aviation petroleum products; Repair and maintenance of aircraft; and Sale of aircraft parts.

Fixed-Base Operators • Specifically excluded by the FAA's definition are ground transportation (taxis, car rentals, limousines); restaurants; barbershops; and auta -parking lots - - - although, of course, an FBO may operate such items

Web • Aviation Reference Desk -http: //www. aviationreferencedesk. com/ • Flightcom Directory - http: //flight. com/dir/ • Airweb - http: //www. airweb. faa. gov • Professional Aviation Maintenance -http: //www. pama. org/mission. cfm • FBO Services -http: //www. fboweb. com/21/default. asp • National Aircraft Appraisers Association (NAAA) - http: //www. plain-values. com/ • Employment Law -http: //www. law. cornell. edu/topics/employment. html • Federal Aviation Administration -http: //www. faa. gov/ • FAA publications inlcuding forecasts -http: //www. api. faa. gov/pubs. asp • FAA Administrators Factbook -http: //www. atctraining. faa. gov/factbook • Federal Aviation Regulations (Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)) http: //www. faa. gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far_idx. htm • Transportation Security Administration (TSA) - http: //www. tsa. gov/ • U. S. Department of Transportation -http: //www. dot. gov/ • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) -http: //www. nasa. gov/ and http: //aerospace. nasa. gov/programs/ga. htm • National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration - http: //www. noaa. gov/ and

• http: //www. strategic. noaa. gov/strategic. pdf • Bureau of Labor Statistics -http: //www. bls. gov/iaghome. htm • Government Printing Office -http: //www. access. gpo. gov/ and • http: //www. access. gpo. gov/su_docs/aces 140. html • Bureau of Transportation Statistics -http: //www. bts. gov/ • National Transportation Library: Aviation - http: //ntl. bts. gov/ntl/subjects/aviation. html • National Association of State Aviation Officials - http: //www. nasao. org/ • International Civil Aviation Organization -http: //www. icao. int/ • IATA/ICAO Airport Codes Index Page http: //www. house 747. freeserve. co. uk/aptcodes. htm • General Accounting Office -http: //www. gao. gov/ • National Transportation Safety Board -http: //www. ntsb. gov/aviation. htm and http: //www. ntsb. gov/aviation/Stats. htm • National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Database http: //www. ntsb. gov/NTSB/Query. htm

• Congressional Committees -http: //www. house. gov/transportation/ctisub See also http: //www. house. gov/transportation/ and http: //www. senate. gov/~appropriations/transportation/index. htm • National Air Transportation Association -http: //www. nata-online. org/ • General Aviation Manufacturers' Association http: //generalaviation. org/main. Ns. shtml • National Business Aviation Association, Inc. , - http: //www. nbaa. org/index. htm and http: //www. nbaa. org/aboutnbaa/ • Helicopter Association International -http: //www. rotor. com/ • American Association of Airport Executives -http: //www. airportnet. org/ • National Agricultural Aviation Association -http: //www. agaviation. org/

• Pilot and Aircraft Owner Groups Aircraft Owners' and Pilots' Association http: //news. aopa. org/ • Experimental Aircraft Association - http: //acro. harvard. edu/EAA/eaa_homepg. html and http: //www. eaa. org/benefits/sportaviation/index. html • Be a Pilot -http: //www. beapilot. com/indexfl. html • The Ninety-Nines (Women Pilots) -http: //www. ninety-nines. org • Federation Aeronautiqe Internationale / World Air Sports Federation http: //www. fai. org/ • Airliners. Net - http: //www. airliners. net • Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC) - http: //www. fly. faa. gov • Air. Disaster. Com - http: //airdisaster. com • Airliners. Net - http: //www. airliners. net • Airlines of the Web http: //www. itn. net/cgi/get? itn/cb/aow/airlines/index 2: 7 Bb. BHSD 5 GJ 5*. itn/cb/aow • Air. Nav - http: //www. airnav. com • The Aviation Home Page -http: //www. avhome. com • Aviation Week and Space Technology -http: //www. aviationnow. com • Homebuilt Homepage -http: //www. homebuilt. org

• Landings - http: //www. landings. com • Newsdirectory: Magazines: Aviation http: //newsdirectory. com/news/magazine/science/aviation • U. S. Air Force Factsheets -http: //www. af. mil/news/indexpages/fs_index. shtml • Unisted States Air Force Museum -http: //www. wpafb. af. mil/museum • WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots -http: //www. wasp- wwii. org/wasp/home. htm • Women in Aviation International -http: //www. wiai. org • Women In Aviation Resource Center (WIASC) - http: //www. women-in- aviation. com