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July 23, 2023

Democrats Submit Bizarre 'FATCAT' Act

Bill Seeks Raise Business Jet Fuel Tax by Almost 9x

U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (Democrat, Massachusetts), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez (New York, 7th District) announced that they’d introduced a bill titled The Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax (FATCAT) Act. In addition to increasing the fuel taxes currently paid by owners and operators of business jets from $0.22 to a staggering $1.95-per-gallon, subject legislation, if ratified, will eliminate extant fuel tax exemptions for logging and petroleum exploration.

At the Confluence of Ability and Persistence

Spirit Aeronautics has completed a 13-month project on behalf of one of the world’s largest private aviation concerns. Between May 2022 and June 2023, Spirit personnel upgraded no fewer than 11 Citation 750 X aircraft to Honeywell Flight Management Systems (FMS) 6.1. Moreover, Spirit has upgraded north of twenty additional aircraft by dint of the selfsame unique methodology employed during the marathon 13-month undertaking, thereby establishing the company as the most experienced and adept provider of subject service.