McCain no, never... He is not trustworthy.



"Skylune" wrote in message
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| The Flyer: Last year you blocked AOPA President Phil
Boyer's nomination to
| the FAA Management Advisory Council, leaving GA pilots and
aircraft owners
| without a voice on the council. Why did you do that?
|
| "Senator McCain: As head of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association,
| Mr. Boyer and I have had several spirited debates
regarding my position
| that corporate aircraft, along with airlines, should pay
user fees to
| reflect their use of the air traffic control system.
Although I do not
| understand it in this case, I certainly respect a genuine
disagreement on
| the merits of this issue. What I cannot respect, and the
kind of attitude
| that I believe would be a disservice to the FAA
administrator, is Mr.
| Boyer's unwillingness to characterize my position
correctly or to
| acknowledge that he misrepresented my position in the
past.
|
| For example, an AOPA press release issued after Mr.
Boyer's nomination
| hearing was misleading on its face. It said, "McCain
pushed the user fees
| proposal." Nowhere did this press release clarify that I
was not referring
| to the vast majority of AOPA members, who do not own
corporate jets. The
| distinction is obviously critical to our exchange at the
hearing. The
| press release and certain Internet postings have left many
AOPA members in
| the dark regarding key aspects of my views. I think that
it is the
| responsibility of the head of an organization such as AOPA
to fully inform
| its members when it comes to an important aviation policy
matter.
|
| In answering a post-hearing question, Mr. Boyer said that
he, and I quote,
| "regret(s) the chairman feels as though I have
misrepresented his
| position." Yet his answer again refused to acknowledge
that there is a
| difference between corporate user fees and general
aviation user fees.
| Other sectors of the industry - who are as adamantly
opposed to fees as
| AOPA is - will admit that my position has been
misrepresented. Mr. Boyer
| will not. Consequently, I question his qualification to be
a productive
| participant on the Management Advisory Council because
such a position
| calls for someone who would be able to consider even
unpopular issues in
| an honest and fair fashion."
|
|
| Well done, Senator!!! Out the liar!
|