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The following is an open letter from our friends at AircraftOwner…

“Dear Fellow Aircraft Owners & Pilots:

Your action to help stop user fees for General Aviation is needed immediately.

Please contact your U.S. Senators today. This is vitally important to the future of General Aviation. The United States Senate is considering a bill that will impose a $25 per-flight air traffic control user fee that would harm general aviation. This is unacceptable and may well be the beginning of a down hill slide toward more and more user fees. This Senate bill, #S. 1300, is called “Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2007.” Here is what I urge you to do as soon as you can:

1. Contact your U.S. Senators TODAY and tell them you strongly reject the terms calling for user fees as contained in Senate bill: S. 1300.

2. Tell your senators that you support the House version, “FAA Reauthorization ACT of 2007,” because is does not contain user fees. The House version of the bill, which they should support, is: H.R. 2881.

The U.S. Senate will be considering this S. 1300 immediately so you need to call, e-mail, mail or fax your Senators now. For assistance refer to these GA web sites:

EAA.org (with sample letters)

AOPA.org Aviation Across America

Contact information for your Senators can be found here: Senate.gov

And, for your Congressperson, at this address: House.gov

The airline industry is strongly supporting user fees which will be harmful against General Aviation. They have mobilized like never before to get these fees imposed on you and me. All of General Aviation needs to work to stop these user fees now.

I urge you to contact your Senators today. Tell them you do not want User Fees on General Aviation.

Sincerely,

Greg Herrick
Publisher -  AircraftOwner 

PS: Also, contact your Members of the U.S. Congress and tell them you support their House bill, H.R. 2881, the “FAA Reauthorization ACT of 2007,” because it does not include user fees for General Aviation.”