Regulations and Government
Alphabets bring user-fee case to AOPA
At the AOPA Convention in Palm Springs, Calif., last month, the specter of user fees cast its long shadow over operators and potential operators of the new

At the AOPA Convention in Palm Springs, Calif., last month, the specter of user fees cast its long shadow over operators and potential operators of the new small jets. At the opening general session a lineup of aviation heavyweights voiced their views on user fees. Tom Poberezny, president of EAA, summed it up best when he said, “They [the airlines] want to control more and pay less.”

NBAA president Ed Bolen recalled that in 1977 the major carriers tried to get user fees that they thought would eliminate the discount airlines. That strategy didn’t work. Now, they’ve joined forces with those airlines to fight general aviation.