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On 5 Feb 2007 14:09:21 -0800, Marco Leon wrote:

If it's the latter, then we are all about to get our asses handed
to us.

Is AOPA doing more than just ringing alarm bells about all this?

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Dallas

"Dallas" wrote in message
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On 5 Feb 2007 14:09:21 -0800, Marco Leon wrote:

If it's the latter, then we are all about to get our asses handed
to us.

Is AOPA doing more than just ringing alarm bells about all this?

--
Dallas

Well, people generally hate lobbyists, unless they're yours.

I've no doubt that AOPAs DC folk (and Phil himself) are doing some serious
flesh pressing. This is a subject that has been on AOPAs radar for quite
some time.

BTW, anyone else see the story on the news tonite regarding Nancy Pellossi
and her request to have access to USAF aircraft for her transportation
needs? Guess a G-V wasn't good enough?

Jay B

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:37 -0700, Jay Beckman wrote:

I've no doubt that AOPAs DC folk (and Phil himself) are doing some serious
flesh pressing. This is a subject that has been on AOPAs radar for quite
some time.

I hope he's doing more than that. I know the AOPA funded a couple TV
commercials but that seems like a high cost/low effect effort.

I'd like to see the AOPA put together a coalition of GA manufacturers,
flight schools, aircraft dealers, charter companies, FBOs, insurance
companies to put some focused pressure on congress. I'm betting there are
quite a few private pilots in congress that could get heavily involved.


--
Dallas

On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:37 -0700, Jay Beckman wrote:

her request to have access to USAF aircraft for her transportation

Yeah, she got her request approved today. Did you hear that she also
requested an aircraft to take her 150 miles to a Williamsburg retreat while
the other members of congress took a bus.

Thankfully her request was denied.

--
Dallas

Dallas wrote:
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:37 -0700, Jay Beckman wrote:


her request to have access to USAF aircraft for her transportation


Yeah, she got her request approved today. Did you hear that she also
requested an aircraft to take her 150 miles to a Williamsburg retreat while
the other members of congress took a bus.

Thankfully her request was denied.


Anyone who thinks the Democrats are any different than the Republiclans
is naive beyond belief.

Matt

On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:03:11 GMT, Matt Whiting
wrote:

Dallas wrote:
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:36:37 -0700, Jay Beckman wrote:


her request to have access to USAF aircraft for her transportation


Yeah, she got her request approved today. Did you hear that she also
requested an aircraft to take her 150 miles to a Williamsburg retreat while
the other members of congress took a bus.

Thankfully her request was denied.


Anyone who thinks the Democrats are any different than the Republiclans
is naive beyond belief.

Anybody who imagines a group of US Representatives or Senators
climbing on a bus and singing "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for
any distance, much less 150 miles, has a tenuous grasp on reality.

Don (Okay, they can sing "On the Road Again.")

"Don Tuite" wrote in message
...

Anybody who imagines a group of US Representatives or Senators
climbing on a bus and singing "100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" for
any distance, much less 150 miles, has a tenuous grasp on reality.

Don (Okay, they can sing "On the Road Again.")

If they're not wearing their hair in braids, it just doesn't cut it.

On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:14:33 GMT, Dallas
wrote in
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On 5 Feb 2007 14:09:21 -0800, Marco Leon wrote:

If it's the latter, then we are all about to get our asses handed
to us.

Is AOPA doing more than just ringing alarm bells about all this?


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NO SURPRISE: FY2008 BUDGET CONTAINS AVIATION USER-FEE PROPOSAL
(http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news..._194396-1.html)
The White House released the Fiscal Year 2008 budget amid fanfare on
Monday morning, but general aviation groups aren't jumping for joy. In
the DOT budget breakdown
(http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...endix/dot.pdf),
the FAA allotment includes $175 million for a 21st Century satellite
navigation system to replace older air traffic control equipment and
$900 million in additional air traffic control system upgrades, but it
also includes an expected user-fee proposal. "The [Bush]
Administration will transmit a reauthorization proposal in 2007 that
transforms the FAA's excise tax financing system to a cost-based
system that recovers most of costs of air traffic services through
user fees," the document states. NBAA quickly rapped the Bush
Administration for the move: "After more than a year of intense
lobbying by the nation's big airlines, the White House has decided to
introduce a budget that shifts airline costs to other segments of the
industry and gives airlines more control over the air traffic system.
NBAA and the rest of the general aviation community will oppose this
toxic mix of higher taxes, new fees and airline control. The fact is
the current approach to funding and oversight of the aviation system
is effective and efficient -- there is no need for radical 'fixes'
like those proposed in this budget." http://www.avweb.com