User fees, security rules dominate NBAA agenda
When the U.S.

When the U.S. Senate passed its reauthorization bill for the Federal Aviation Administration in late March, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and a host of other general aviation groups breathed a little easier. The concern had been over the possibility of onerous user fees being levied on general aviation–exactly the sort of user fees that are commonly accepted here in Europe through air traffic management agency Eurocontrol.

The GA community has long held that it contributed to the national air transportation system through fuel taxes, allowing users to pay “at the pump.”