Welcome to the Colorado Aviation Business Association!The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) is a grass-roots membership organization focused on the support and promotion of Business and General Aviation across the State of Colorado. We inform our membership about legislative, airport, and airspace issues that may affect their businesses or their flying, and we provide them with a powerful voice in those issues. We also present a variety of educational opportunities, often coupled with aircraft static displays, for both aviation professionals and the public. Through our charitable efforts, we stay engaged with the larger community as good neighbors. And we help assure the future of our industry by arranging for internships and mentoring, and by providing scholarships for young people aspiring to careers in aviation. | 2023 Sustaining Sponsors
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The mission of CABA is to promote the value of business and general aviation across the State of Colorado. Since 1994, CABA has seen substantial growth in membership, activism, community presence, charitable activities, and the CABA Foundation. Learn more here. |
Front Page Update: Annual Membership MeetingCABA Annual Membership Meeting March 10th 2023 The CABA Annual Membership Meeting is planned for March 10th 2023 to be hosted at Sheltair BJC from 11:30am to 2:00pm. Join us for networking, food and updates on CABA and our continued efforts in the state presented by Chairman Brad Elliott and our Legislative Affairs Chair Chris Swathwood. Scholarship awards will be presented to our four very deserving awardees, and finally Ed Bolen, President and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, will join us again this year as our keynote speaker. This is a Members-Only event and lunch. RSVP now below or under the events TAB. Previous Front Page Updates can be seen here |
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Legislative Representation Needs Your Support!CABA needs your help. In 2020 legislation was proposed to regulate PFAS (polyfluoroalkyl substances) which are chemicals used in firefighting foams and are incorporated into some hangar fire suppression systems. This legislation would have created a quasi-governmental "enterprise" to monitor and control such substances, and proposed to be funded through a 5-cents per gallon aviation "fuel fee". Such a fee is technically not a tax and can be implemented without any public discussion or input. However, we were able to successfully remove the fuel fee provision which would have added 5 cents to every gallon of Jet-A and AvGas purchased in Colorado. Given that the 2020 total fuel purchase was some 60 million gallons, business and general aviation operators and pilots saved a total of $3 MILLION! That is $3 million dollars you did NOT have to spend funding a nebulous "safety program" to monitor and control PFAS chemicals. This was a win for CABA because the level of risk from PFAS in Colorado aviation applications is estimated to exist in only about 15 hangars in the entire state. Higher quantities of PFAS are used by firefighting training events and since those occur outdoors the PFAS are more likely to enter groundwater and being very persistent in the environment, over time they pose a hazard to humans and wildlife. In contrast, PFAS releases in aircraft hangars are more readily cleaned up because they are contained within a confined area. But make no mistake - this idea will not go away. In fact we may even see it again this year. This issue and others, such as a developing situation at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport (BJC) and Centennial Airport (KAPA) will require a focused effort to educate citizens and convince county commissioners and legislators of the critical importance of aviation and our airport businesses. Staying on top of such issues are what part of your membership dues and donations are used for: we have a paid legislative affairs professional who is present at the Capitol every day and also meeting with members of the General Assembly. PLEASE CONSIDER DONATING TODAY!
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