Bush Threatens Veto Of Any Bills That Don't Include User Fees For Everyone Talking To ATC!

One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be:

http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/article...26funding.html
The Bush White House has been clinging to user fees, and has
threatened to veto any bill that doesn’t give the airlines more
control over the air traffic control system and doesn’t include
user fees for everyone talking to ATC.



http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/article...30funding.html
The president’s top advisors made it very clear on April 29 that
if Congress sends him a bill that does not include user fees, and
does not give the airlines greater control over the air traffic
control system, they want him to veto the FAA funding legislation.

The White House once again cited its failed FAA funding bill as
the model, and said the legislation currently under consideration
by Congress does not align “FAA’s revenues with its costs through
fair fees linked to usage of the system,” nor does it include “a
broader set of aviation stakeholders in the oversight and
management” of the air traffic control system. (Administration
proposals would give the majority users of air traffic control—the
airlines—also majority say in ATC management.)



https://www.aopa.org/faafundingdebate/petition_form.cfm
AOPA Petition Against User Fees

Get involved! Help prevent user fees and avgas tax hikes by adding
your name to this petition.

I, as a pilot and aviation enthusiast, hereby endorse the
following principles in consideration of how the FAA is to be
financed in the futu

* Federal airport funding should be sustained at no less than
current levels ($3.7 billion).
* Excise taxes are the best way for all aviation users to
support the system.
* Congress must maintain its oversight of the FAA.
* The General Fund must continue to provide at least 21.5% of
the FAA’s budget.
* There is no place for user fees in the world’s largest,
safest, most efficient air transportation system.