Help Stop Delays and Unfair Taxes

[N965VJ]

There is an ongoing problem with the perception of General Aviation.

Guess what “User Fees†are going to do the average guy who owns a Cessna?

MISLEADING NATIONAL ARTICLE GETS SWIFT EAA, GA COMMUNITY RESPONSE

April 19, 2007 - This week, EAA and its members joined the entire general aviation community in quickly responding to a national Associated Press story by Bob Porterfield that portrays general aviation primarily as a group “globetrotting executives,†which receives federal subsidies through federal airline passenger taxes and fees. While the story does include some limited comments from general aviation representatives, most newspapers throughout the country ran a condensed version of the story, making it largely unbalanced and sympathetic to the airlines’ goal to offload expenses to GA through user fees and a large fuel tax increase.
Stephen G. Myers, chairman of EAA Chapter 838 Foundation, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin, responded to the story with a letter to the Racine Journal Times, which ran a version of the AP story. EAA supplied Myers with essential background on the issue, much of which is also available on the www.eaa.org website.

EAA also supplied a sample “letter to the editor†that local members and chapters could use as a basis for their own communication to the media in their communities. It describes the user-fee issue in comparison to driving a motor vehicle, something that easily relates to an average newspaper reader’s day-to-day activities.

While these specific actions help respond to specific misinformation, EAA and other GA groups continue their larger battle to ensure that the current FAA funding proposal is shown for what it is: An attempt by the nation’s airlines to offload more of their costs onto the backs of individual GA owners and pilots.

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[Fly4Free]

Just remember that "this" is the ATA's position - smartskies.org is their baby. The same ATA that heaps praise on each outgoing FAA administrator that oversaw massive cost over-runs and delays on ATC modernization programs.

Take a look at what both sides say and do a little reading to get an understanding of the issues before you jump on anybodies bandwagon.

Jim

Okay, you're right Jim. I had no idea there was another side to this. I based it all on what I read in Compass. The airlines are for this, but it doesn't necesarily mean it's best for the public. I just thought the points sounded logical.. 1) More direct routes, less fuel burn 2) updated hardware and software 3) switching from analog to digital

I saw no where that gives the cold hard facts about tax increases etc. Maybe they aren't painting the entire story on the site, and just making it all rosey.

 

[Awa Contract]

I will worry about push times when the company settles its labor contracts. Until then it goes when it goes.