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It looks like Northwest Airlines sparked some resonance with that sensationalist rag USA Today: ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA ePilot Volume 6, Issue 16 April 16, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------- AOPA DEFENDS GA AGAINST 'USA TODAY'S' CALL FOR USER FEES AOPA on Thursday defended general aviation against a "USA Today" editorial that claims airline passengers "subsidize" general aviation. In an opposing view piece published alongside the paper's editorial, AOPA President Phil Boyer explained to "USA Today" readers that the current system is a single structure, designed for the airlines. See AOPA Online ( http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...04-2-025x.html ) On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:41:33 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote in Message-Id: : It would be interesting to know how much funding R. W. Pool receives from airline sources. ATC USER FEES: AOPA, NORTHWEST BUTT HEADS AOPA President Phil Boyer says his "productive meeting" with Northwest Airlines CEO Richard Anderson Friday led to the result that the two "will agree to disagree" on the topic of user fees for air traffic control services. Anderson claimed in an editorial in Northwest's Inflight Magazine (reported earlier by AVweb) that airlines are subsidizing general aviation through the fees they pay for aviation services. Boyer said Anderson's remarks might have been sparked by the lawsuit Northwest has launched against the Metropolitan Airport Commission, which runs Minneapolis-St Paul International (MSP) and six reliever airports. The commission uses some of the revenue from MSP to cover costs at the other airports. Northwest believes the money generated at MSP should stay there. "I think the real issue (for Northwest) is a pretty localized one," Boyer said. Meanwhile, USA Today guest opinion writer Robert W. Poole Jr. says it's time the FAA started charging for air traffic control services so it can keep up with market demand. http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archive...ll.html#187026 |
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