AEROSPACE
INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (AIA)
SITE ADDRESS: http://www.air-aerospace.org/
AIA is the trade association representing the leading manufacturers of commercial, military, and business aircraft, helicopters, aircraft engines, missiles and spacecraft, materials, and related components and equipment.
AIA was founded in 1919 as
the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, AIA includes among its early
members Orville Wright, Glenn H. Curtiss, and nearly every important aircraft
manufacturer at that time.
The Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. shapes public policy that ensures the U.S. aerospace industry remains preeminent and that its members are successful and profitable in a changing global market. Serving its members and the nation, AIA establishes industry goals and strategies, achieving consensus among its members and others on solutions to industry-wide issues.
MEMBERS:
AIA has 57 member companies as of January 30, 2000.
It includes The Boeing Company, General Electric Company, United Defense, Pratt
& Whitney, etc.
BENEFITS OF
MEMBERSHIP:
For its Members, AIA:
1. Leads the industry with a Board of Governors
composed entirely of CEOs.
2. Provides a forum to create and shape industry
policy positions.
3. Facilitates relationships between influential
industry leaders and public policy maker in Washington, and speaks for the
industry on Capitol Hill and in federal and state governments.
4.Creates a rapport between large aerospace
companies and smaller suppliers.
5.Establishes a presence for the American aerospace
industry at international air shows.
6.Stimulates debate on aerospace issues through AIA
Councils and Committees, and forms solutions to industry-wide issues.
7.Publishes annual, quarterly, and monthly industry
analysis, and speaks for the industry to the national and international press.
8.Acts as an integrator on technical issues
affecting the industry.
9.Represents American aerospace industry in the
United Nations and other organizations.
10.Offers office space in Washington, D.C. for
visiting member company executives.
AIA
is governed by a Board of Governors that meets twice a year and consists of several
representatives of member companies and an executive committee which meet more frequently.
The
association is organized into the following three divisions:-
1.
Civil
Aviation division
2.
International
division
3.
Government
division
The civil aviation division
is concerned with issues such as aviation safety, U.S. and foreign airworthiness
and operations requirements, aircraft noise and emissions and air-traffic
management.
The international division
focuses on bilateral and multilateral
trade issues affecting aerospace industries, U.S export controls, official
exports credits, defense trade regulations, and international air shows.
The government divisions
manages issues that affect the government/industry contractual relationship,
commercial and federal
Election 2000 White Papers :
AIA has identified seven aerospace issues important to the well-being of
our nation's economy and security. The aerospace industry, as the largest net
exporter of all U.S. industry sectors, has a positive trade balance of $41
billion. Across the country, more than 800,000 workers are currently employed
in high-paying, high-tech aerospace jobs. AIA is working to ensure that the
next president, administration, and Congress fully understand the challenges
facing the industry and will champion its continued growth and global
competitiveness.
2.
Increase
U.S. Aerospace Access to the Global Economy
3.
Implement
A National Strategy for Aerospace R&D Funding
4.
Ensure
American Leadership in Space in the 21st Century
5.
Remove
Barriers to Public Private Cooperation
6.
Create
a Presidential Commission on the Future of the Aerospace Industry
7.
Continue
Reform of Government/Industry Business Practices