William Garvey

Former Editor-in-Chief, Business & Commercial Aviation

Charleston, South Carolina

Summary

Bill was Editor-in-Chief of Business & Commercial Aviation from 2000 to 2020. During his stewardship, the monthly magazine received scores of awards for editorial excellence.

He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the National Business Aviation Association; the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aerospace Media Awards; the Aviation Journalism Award from the National Air Transportation Association; and an Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for Business Aviation.

Previously, Bill served as Managing Editor of Aviation Week Television. He was the top editor for both Flying and Professional Pilot magazines, as well as a member of the senior editorial staff at Reader's Digest. He also managed communications for FlightSafety International.

Bill has authored or co-authored three aviation books, was an essayist for National Public Radio, wrote aviation documentaries for The Discovery Channel and has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian Air & Space, Popular Mechanics and The Associated Press, among others.

An active aviator, Bill holds a Commercial Pilot license, along with multiengine, instrument, seaplane and glider ratings.

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Articles

Kerry Lynch, William Garvey, James Swickard
The threat of aviation user fees seems to be dead “at least for this term of Congress,” and National Business Aviation Association President Ed Bolen is hopeful that FAA’s reauthorization bill could advance within the next “four to eight weeks.” That the Obama Administration’s 2011 budget proposal contained no mention of user fees to help fund the FAA was a “milestone” event, Bolen said.

By William Garvey
Editor’s Note: Among the notable developments affecting business aviation in the past decade was the FAA’s crackdown on the charter industry over the issue of operational control. This vigorous action followed a February 2005 accident in which a Challenger 600 departing from Teterboro Airport failed to lift off, ran off the end of the runway, crossed a highway and buried itself into a building.

William Garvey
President and CEO, National Association of State Aviation Officials, Washington, D.C.
William Garvey