FREDERICK, MD – U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was recently presented with the 2014 Joseph B. Hartranft Jr. Award – one of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) highest honors for his unparalleled work on behalf of general aviation in the U.S. Congress.
Rep. Shuster is the chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and a member of the General Aviation Caucus. Under Shuster’s stewardship, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee expedited approval of the Small Airplane Revitalization Act and approved legislation requiring the FAA to go through the rulemaking process before implementing policy changes related to sleep disorders.
Shuster supported the aviation community when the FAA arbitrarily sought to close air traffic control contract towers during the 2013 budget sequestration battle, and he has opposed both the imposition of air traffic control fees at major aviation events and proposed per-flight FAA user fees.
The AOPA award is named after its first president and former chairman of the board, Doc Hartranft.
