Bizav Leader Urges Industry To Vote During Midterms

Amid competing ideas and philosophies voiced by political commentators Paul Begala and Matt Schlapp during a recent keynote session at the National Business Aviation Association's annual convention in Orlando, one point of agreement emerged: the need for those in the business aviation industry to vote during the midterm elections.

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“We’ve heard a case effectively made from the left and from the right, but I think the thing they both agreed on was that your vote matters,” said NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. “Politics matter. We all have a voice. During the FAA reauthorization debate, we all exercised our voice, we connected with our members of Congress, we asked them how to represent us, and that’s the one thing I think we can all agree on. Whatever the outcome of the midterm elections, I hope it will be because all of us go out and vote.”