Tue, Apr 24, 2007
The NBAA has unveiled the NBAA
Online Advocacy Center, a new Internet resource that provides
information about, and resources for opposing, the big airlines'
user fee funding proposal for the FAA.
Funding and programs for the FAA expire in October of this year. In
February, the FAA submitted its "reauthorization," or funding
proposal to the United States Congress. The proposal, which the
airlines are pushing, replaces the ultra-efficient fuel-tax funding
mechanism for the FAA with a schedule of new user fees and steep
tax hikes for general aviation. The plan also strips Congress of
most of its role in aviation system funding decisions.
"When people in the general aviation community hear about the user
fees and a tripling of taxes included in the airlines' FAA scheme,
their first question is 'What can be done to oppose it?'" Bolen
said.
"NBAA's new Online Advocacy Center will literally put
information and ways to take action against the FAA bill at
people's fingertips."
Among the resources available at NBAA's Online Advocacy Center
are:
-
A link to Contact Congress, NBAA's
user-friendly, web-based advocacy tool for sending e-mail messages
to members of Congress to oppose the FAA funding plan.
- A sample e-mail message to invite others to use Contact
Congress to oppose the FAA's plan.
- A link to obtain NBAA's Contact Congress web site banner
advertisement for use on web sites throughout the industry. A
number of NBAA Members have already added the banner ad to their
own web sites.
- A tool providing Washington, DC office contact information for
members of Congress.
- Sample points that can be used in letters to newspaper editors
to oppose the FAA's proposal, and helpful hints for writing a
letter to a local newspaper.
- Sample articles for company or organization newsletters, to
help raise awareness of the FAA's user fee proposal, and urge
opposition to it. A number of NBAA Members have included such
articles in their company newsletters, and examples are available
on the site.
- Talking points for people to use in explaining why Congress
should not abandon a proven funding system for a new, untested
funding scheme.
- Downloadable information, recent NBAA news and other resources
for learning more about the FAA's proposal.
"I urge everyone in general aviation to visit NBAA's Online
Advocacy Center to learn more and take action against user fees, in
support of keeping our air transportation system the world's
largest, safest and most efficient," Bolen (pictured,
above right) concluded.
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