NBAA is the BOMB! FBO's from all over bring their HOTTEST counter girls to staff their kiosks, OEM's give away tons of bags, lapel pins and the like, somebody always has a lottery for a new car, you can sit in the cockpits of the coolest new jets and helicopters, you can learn a thing or two at an operator's conference, and you can make connections that might pay off someday. If somebody is giving you a ticket, run, don't walk to the registration desk. I live in one of the host cities and can't wait til it comes back here (talking the boss into a badge could be problematic, however).