Regulations and Government
NBAA: user-fee plan losing favor among legislators
Despite heavy lobbying by general aviation groups, a promising effort to have the concept of user fees for ATC services stricken from the Senate’s version

Despite heavy lobbying by general aviation groups, a promising effort to have the concept of user fees for ATC services stricken from the Senate’s version of an FAA reauthorization bill failed narrowly in mid-May by a 12-11 vote.

Sen. John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate aviation subcommittee, and ranking Republican member Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) had introduced S.1300 early last month as an alternative to the Bush Administration’s reauthorization proposal released in February.