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Disagreements Mount Over Safety Issues with VLJs

Steve Scott

Monday, March 6th, 2006

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Although both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Air Transport Association (ATA) are raising certain safety concerns with very light jets (VLJs), some of the aircrafts' manufacturers believe the concerns are overblown. ATA, especially, has already raised a host of safety issues with VLJs, particularly in relation to how the planes might congest the nation's airways when they start going into service later this year for private corporate travel or with air taxi services. Testifying before the House Aviation…

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