The reports confirm that aviation training receives public funding, but do not confirm whether that funding works. Aviation projects are instead absorbed into aggregated discretionary grant reporting, obscuring how much public funding individual entities received and over what period. However, when aviation projects are examined, there is no evidence these reforms have translated into transparency. ALSO READ: How business class upgrades really work at airline“Instead, aviation funding remains effectively shielded from scrutiny, despite repeated acknowledgment of systemic risk. Taxpayers cannot assess whether public funds advanced scarce skills or were disbursed without measurable impact.”NSF reports confirm that aviation training receives public funding.