Calls to replace the aviation fuel tax with new user fees to
fund improvements to U.S. airspace management are not supported by
a business case, said Cessna Aircraft Company Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer Jack J. Pelton in a speech to
government and industry officials at the Washington Aero Club.
Note: As previously reported, Cessna's Jack
Pelton is leveraging the power of his position at the helm of one
of the aerospace industry's most powerful companies to speak out
against errant and short-sighted attempts by certain Washington and
airline elements to change the funding paradigm for the FAA -- to
the detriment of the rest of the aviation world.
Barbara Tolbert Speaks About The 2006 Arlington EAA Fly-In
ANN Daily Touch N Go: 02.24.06 (ANN's
Short-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing: 02.24.06
(ANN's Long-Form Daily News Program)
ANN Special Feature -- NWEAA's Barbara Tolbert:
02.24.06 (ANN's Feature News Program, with Barbara Tolbert
on this year's NWEAA Arlington fly-in.)
The Thursday evening public rollout of the new TBM 850 was
expected to be a nice event... tucked away on the well-appointed
and GA-friendly 'SouthEast Ramp' facility of Florida's Sanford
(SRF) Airport in a beautifully decorated GA hangar and
several hundred invited guests.
There is little doubt in AOPA President Phil Boyer's mind that a
battle is looming over user fees for general aviation pilots. At
a pilot's town hall meeting Wednesday in Wichita, KS, Boyer
received some powerful support in that battle.
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