Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“What we saw today was just more of the same from the big, commercial airlines. This proposal was unpopular when it was first introduced, and no amount of repackaging changes the fact that it amounts to nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to get yet another huge tax cut.”

Source: Selena Shilad, Executive Director of the Alliance Aviation Across America -- a group of general aviation interests working to stave off user fees for small aircraft pilots. The pro-GA Alliance says the Air Transport Association, the lobbying organization representing the major airlines, attempted Wednesday to repackage and reintroduce for the second time their latest tax cut scheme as the House Ways and Means Committee’s Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee considered FAA reauthorization.

FMI: www.aviationacrossamerica.org/