Ap Artilce bashes GA

sounds like a letter to the editor writing campaign in the offing..
let all those people know that GA aircraft also contribute to the same fund
through additional fuel taxes on aviation fuel and that a disproportionate
amount of dollars spent from the fund go to large "airline hub" airports and
not the small GA airport, and also that the fund contributes to the FAA
"general fund" to maintain ATC and aids to radio navigation.

BT (sorry roger, meant to hit reply to group)

"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in message
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An AP article that starts out

"SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The federal government has taken billions of
dollars from the taxes and fees paid by airline passengers every time
they fly and awarded it to small airports used mainly by private
pilots and globe-trotting corporate executives." gives a very negative
spin to GA and our opposition to "User fees"

The article is available on the excite site, but may require free
registration to read.

http://money.excite.com/jsp/nw/nwdt_...=ap-d8oh58q00&

They have just enough facts mixed with the misinformation to make it
dangerously misleading.