Jim Coyne
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The president of the National Air Transportation Association (NATA), James K. Coyne, has submitted his resignation, effective January 1, 2013. Coyne has been president of the national association of fixed base operators and general aviation businesses since 1994.
After graduating from Harvard with a Master’s Degree In Business Administration, Jim Coyne became the CEO for his family’s business in Philadelphia and served one term in Congress in the 1980s.
In January 1983, President Ronald Reagan asked Coyne to join his staff as director of the White House Office of Private Sector Initiatives. For two years, he led the administration’s efforts in support of pro-business, private sector solutions to many of our nation’s toughest challenges, in areas like education, transportation, health care, public safety, and computer literacy. After the White House, he served as president of the American Consulting Engineers Council, the American Tort Reform Association, and Americans to Limit Congressional Terms.
As NATA president, Jim Coyne has visited close to 1,000 FBOs and aviation service businesses across the country, and has regularly presented the viewpoint of the general aviation industry before Congress, the Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Security Administration, and other federal agencies.
A lifelong aviation safety advocate, Jim Coyne serves on the Board of Governors of the Flight Safety Foundation and was the founder and first president of the Air Charter Safety Foundation.
