Regulations and Government
FAA Budget: Agency Struggles To Manage Resources

Select executives inside the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration are pushing hard to impose user and special fees on general aviation as part of a strategy to bridge the gap between the agency’s expenditures and revenues from its traditional fees and taxes. This includes charging $1- to $2 million for air traffic control and other services at airshows. However, it appears the FAA could reap billions of dollars in cost savings simply by implementing better management and business practices. While the FAA has made some gains in this area since a 2011 management reorganization, it appears that more progress is attainable, according to analyses by the Department of Transportation and the Government Accountability Office.

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