The threat to general avaiation from "User Fees" is right now. I know
this has been discussed for as long as I've been around aviation which
is 30 years now, but this is not hot air this is a real 2006 problem.

I'm afraid that GA in America is going to go the same way as GA did in
Europe and Asia -- and no one cares. Instead of allowing for grass roots
aviation, it will belong to only the wealthiest, and the rest be damned.

Getting pilots to care is like herding cats. Only when our airport was
very directly threatened were we able to raise ANY vocal opposition from the
pilot community (although, once riled, they proved to be VERY effective),
and I'm currently trying to figure out ways to get a rise out of them over
the demolition of a 77 year old Boeing airmail hangar. (Thus far, to no
avail.)

I'm afraid the rug will be pulled from beneath them long before most pilots
are even aware that they're not standing on firm ground.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"