Local leaders on Tuesday invited President Barack Obama to Wichita
in hopes of showing him first-hand the importance of general aviation
to the community.
In a resolution read aloud at Tuesday’s Wichita City Council
meeting, Mayor Carl Brewer read, “it would be a national economic
tragedy if this essential business fundamental was lost amid the
sensational news coverage of ill-advised corporate-jet travel by a tiny
percentage of corporate America.”
The resolution continued by formally inviting Obama to visit Wichita
“for a first-hand view of our aircraft industry and see the value of
the thousands of jobs that support our local, state and national
economy.”
In addition, Brewer also wrote the President a letter in which he
states that he shares Obama’s concern over the misuse of corporate
jets. However, “as Mayor of this great Midwestern city that takes great
pride in the title of ‘Air Capital of the World,’ ” Brewer writes, “I
urge you to consider the big picture when referencing the misuse of
corporate jets.”
Brewer concludes his letter by again inviting Obama to personally visit Wichita.
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