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This
just in, 1/10/2008, from AOPA
SENATOR THINKS USER FEES ARE DEAD
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) says that, in his opinion, "user fees are
dead." In a videotape address to more than 400 pilots attending an AOPA
Pilot Town Meeting in Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 10, Nelson said that the
Senate is working hard to reach a final agreement on the issue of FAA
funding. He reminded pilots that he had coauthored an amendment to strip
user fees from S.1300, the Senate Commerce Committee bill to
"reauthorize" the FAA budget and spending. Although the Nelson-Sununu
amendment failed by just one vote, Nelson said it "signaled that user
fees are dead and it signaled that they are going to be out of the final
FAA reauthorization bill." While the words are encouraging, AOPA
President Phil Boyer said it's not over until the final vote. "AOPA will
be working even harder on Capitol Hill, and when the timing is right! ,
we'll be asking all of our members to weigh in with their senators," he
said. Keep up the
pressure!
Attention all pilots, aircraft owners,
mechanics, technicians:
Another
battle is at hand!
Everyone needs to get involved, NOW, TODAY. Again, TODAY! Your voice needs
to be put to the Senate, tell them about user fees, and what they can do
with them! The Senate, AKA TAX Collector, is trying to bring back the user
fee system, all this while giving the Airline industry another TAX BREAK.
TAX Break? Oh Yeah, and guess who will pay for the BIG
BONUSES to the airline executives, that's right,
YOU WILL.
Join the Alliance for Aviation Across America, it's free, and they have the
links to your State Senators, and the letters are ready for you to send to
them opposing this Airline BAILOUT.
Join in the
fight by joining
Alliance for Aviation Across
America. We cannot
win this battle without the help from every Pilot, Aircraft Owner, Medical
Examiner, Mechanic, Technician, Aircraft Broker, Line Service Personnel, and
the list goes on. Alliance is made up of ALL aviation interests that oppose
USER FEES, including AOPA, AEA, NBAA, PAMA, and many other professional
aviation organizations.
Let your VOTE Count,
VOTE OUT
those who have voted for, or are in favor of, user fees. Look at your congressman's voting record,
then put your vote into action. Call them, ask them, email them, get their
position on this important issue.
Every country that implemented
user fees on aviation no longer has a General Aviation that is strong and
thriving, and most are either dead, or so expensive that only the rich can
fly!
Do you know a Pilot, Mechanic,
or Technician from the
major airlines that lost all of their pension plan when the airlines decided
that they needed the money that was not theirs? How is Congress
helping these people? There're not, they are too busy taking that money in
the form of contributions, and all this from the thieves that want to keep
them in office.
VOTE
THEM OUT!
The mismanaged airlines will
stop at nothing to gain their $$$$$$ bonuses while putting the screws to
everyone else in aviation. So many of my friends who work in the "Airline"
industry
remember when they had an airplane, and so do I, they were customers too!
The former FAA Administrator
admitted on her way out of public office that it was the Airlines schedules
that have caused all the delays, NOT General Aviation. Now is
that a surprise?
Get
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