New User Fees,
Huge Tax Increases Ruinous
for General Aviation
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February 27,
2007
A recently
released FAA funding proposal represents one of the greatest
threats business aviation has ever faced. To keep this proposal
from becoming law, you need to take action now.
The recent news
excerpts alongside this message demonstrate that airline lobbying
has succeeded in getting the FAA to unveil a funding plan that
gives the giant airlines a major tax break while imposing massive
tax hikes and onerous new user fees on the businesses that rely on
general aviation.
The airlines'
FAA plan also dramatically reduces Congressional authority over
the air traffic system, gives airlines a bigger say in FAA
operations, and establishes a huge new multi-billion dollar
bureaucracy to assess and collect user fees.
NBAA is
fighting this toxic mix of massive tax increases, user fees and
airline power, but our success depends on you. Your elected
officials need to hear from you about the airlines' FAA proposal,
because you can be sure that every Member of Congress is hearing
from the big airlines and their army of lobbyists.
Please take a
minute to voice your opposition to the airlines' FAA proposal by
using NBAA's online resource for communicating with Congress (if
you have used the resource before, I urge you to use it again to
send a new letter that has been prepared specific to the FAA
proposal). To access Contact Congress, visit:
www.nbaa.org/userfees
Once you have
accessed the resource, fill in the information requested and
NBAA's software will automatically prepare an email you can send
to your Senators and your House Representative in opposition to
the big airlines' radical scheme. You can edit the letter before
sending it if you wish.
I also urge you
to forward this email to others you know who care about the future
of business aviation in the United States. Encourage them to make
their voices heard on Capitol Hill. If we act collectively, we can
not only defeat the big airlines' FAA plan, but modernize our air
traffic control system to ensure that all Americans have access to
the largest, safest and most efficient aviation system in the
world.
Sincerely,
Ed Bolen
President and CEO
National Business Aviation Association |
