On January 4, 2010, RAA submitted the following comments to the NMB.

RAA and 14 other aviation organizations to call for increased funding for NextGen.  Click here to read the letter sent to members of Congress.

February 11, 2009- Citing regional airlines investment in “the whole alphabet” of NextGen technology, RAA President Roger Cohen said modernizing the nation’s air traffic control system would aid service to small and medium-sized communities by easing access to the nation’s busiest hub airports.  

In testimony before the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Cohen said the current cutback in flights provided “a time out, some breathing room to make real progress” which stakeholders have been seeking for decades. He added that despite the fact that regional aviation has been “squeezed hard from all sides”, RAA’s members were making substantial investments in a range of new technologies to make flying safer and more efficient – particularly since nearly 75 percent of U.S. communities rely exclusively on regional airlines for scheduled service.

RAA Written Testimony
RAA- Roger Cohen's Oral Testimony