In article ,
Larry Dighera wrote:

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:29:03 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote in
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Please don't forget those stalwarts of the Left, such as Sens. Barbara
Boxer and Diane Feinstein, who refer to GA pilots as "hobby pilots" who
don't deserve any rights.

Also look at Charlie Shumer's record re GA.

It's not about politics. It's about the airline manufacturers and
operators attempting to wrest control of the NAS from the
government/people.

I agree with this assessment. the airlines wish to control the NAS,
without directly paying to support it. They pay no fuel taxes for use on
scheduled services and pass the ticket tax to their customers.

The article cited (it appeared in our local paper today) reads like a
press release from the Reason Foundation's Poole and the Air Transport
Assn, with a few bits of rebuttal from the GA side.

If you have something to say about the politicians you mention, how
about putting forth the effort to provide some supporting citations to
bolster your assertions?

OK:

Boxer: When she was a Marin County Supervisor, she fought (successfully)
against conversion of Hamilton AFB to a GA airport, claiming that it
would turn it over to the "hobby pilots." She has never been a friend of
GA. Her political friends were partners in the real estate development
company that finally obtained the lion's share of the property.

Google "Hamilton Landing".

Feinstein: She has used the same pejorative term and, again is no friend.

Shumer: As a Congressman, he introduced mandatory flight plan
legislation (fortunately it went nowhere).

Remember, too, that these people are "champions of the poor" and wish to
portray GA as a "rich man's activity." As such, they will vote to soak
us as much as possible.