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PUBLISHER’S COLUMN
One of My Favorite Reads
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We all have our respective lanes that we stick to, usually due to 
what we’re good at.   
Some airports exclusively serve general aviation traffic, while 
others focus on the bigger iron. Many suppliers and consulting 
firms have specialties, too. 
On the media side, Airport Improvement’s lane is profiling projects 
at North American airports. While we’re good in this area, we can’t 
possibly fill the huge demand for all types of aviation information—
especially time-sensitive issues that evolve on a daily, sometimes 
hourly, basis. This leads me to one of my favorite sources: the 
Reason Foundation’s Aviation Policy News, by Robert W. Poole, Jr.  
I’ve been reading this email newsletter for years, and was 
particularly struck by the April edition that showed up just as we 
were putting this issue of Airport Improvement into production. I 
usually skim the index looking for the most relevant content to me 
and then forward to colleagues. But this time, every story was of 
high interest:
• What went wrong at LaGuardia
• More FAA facility evacuations
• A better approach to airport security
• O’Hare’s airline capacity battle
• Who should pay for ATC modernization?
• FAA’s office relocation problem
While I don’t necessarily agree with the 
conclusion of every article in this and other 
editions of Aviation Policy News, they never fail 
to inform, educate and provoke thought.
I highly recommend taking a look:  https://reason.org/aviation-
policy-news/
Lastly, May is here, and that means AAAE’s annual conference 
is taking place—this year in Los Angeles. As always, Airport 
Improvement will be exhibiting (Booth #830), and we’d love for you 
to stop by and say hello. Maybe we can talk about something you 
read in Bob’s newsletter, or what’s new and exciting at your airport. 
You never know. It might even lead to a future story!
Cheers!
PAUL BOWERS, PUBLISHER
AirportImprovement.com      May | June 2026

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