• Issues related to rotor aircraft operations, advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft certification, Special Federal Aviation Regulation on powered lift pilot certification, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) infrastructure, U.S. pilot shortages and workforce development, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), enforcement of U.S. law regarding foreign carriers operating between two U.S. points; H.R. 3935, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, and S. 1939, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023; the Fiscal Year 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bills in the House and Senate; and the Aerospace Supply Chain Resiliency Task Force.

Duration: August 25, 2022 to present

General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines

Spending: about $350,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2022: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Interior - Dept of (DOI), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)