FAA Funding Debate

AOPA FAA Funding Debate

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• GAO says no to user fees
  October 2, 2008

• No user fees this year
  October 2, 2008

• Congress punts FAA funding issue into 2009
  September 24, 2008

• Senate committee opposes user fees
  July 24, 2008

• No user fees for now, Congress extends current FAA funding
  June 26, 2008

• Boyer counters biased think tank report
  June 25, 2008

• GAO report looks at expanding user fees
  June 5, 2008

• GA not the source of costly airline delays
  May 29, 2008

• Airlines try to trample GA with same old nag
  May 22, 2008

• FAA funding bill stalls in Senate
  May 6, 2008

• Senators, AOPA call for quick action on FAA funding
  May 1, 2008

• White House: No user fees, no signature
  April 30, 2008

• FAA funding on final approach in Senate
  April 25, 2008

• User fees, FAA funding in a ‘holding pattern’
  April 11, 2008

• Keep user fees out of the 2009 FAA budget, AOPA says
  March 6, 2008

• Is GA to blame for stalled Senate FAA funding bill?
  February 28, 2008

• Washington senator sticks up for GA
  February 26, 2008

• Fight against user fees continues, Boyer tells Utah pilots
  February 21, 2008

• Congress temporarily extends FAA funding
  February 14, 2008

• AOPA urges funding action, Peters sings old song
  January 24, 2008

• Senator thinks user fees are dead
  January 10, 2008

• Texas senator to replace Lott on aviation subcommittee
  December 6, 2007

• Lott resigns; impact on FAA funding issue unclear
  November 27, 2007

• Amidst airline delays, Bush calls for user fees
  November 15, 2007

• Administration continues to push user fees
  October 22, 2007

• The quiet before a storm
  October 11, 2007

• House hearing sheds more light on airline delays
  September 27, 2007

• House extends current FAA funding bill
  September 24, 2007

• One-two punch: House and Senate going GA's way
  September 20, 2007

• House passes H.R.2881, no user fees
  September 20, 2007

• No user fees, no airline tax cut
  September 18, 2007

• ATC upgrades getting sidetracked by infighting
  September 14, 2007

• User fees bad for all aviation, Boyer tells controllers union
  September 13, 2007

• FAA funding debate heats up in Alaska
  September 11, 2007

• Take action: Three ways you can help beat user fees
  September 6, 2007

• VLJs not a factor in FAA funding debate, government report says
  September 5, 2007

• Dress to express your opposition to user fees
  August 31, 2007

• Airlines are in concrete denial
  August 28, 2007

• AOPA keeps user fee issue front and center with Congress
  August 23, 2007

• Strong hand needed now for FAA, aviation leaders say
  August 22, 2007

• H.R.2881 is the best way to finance FAA, members tell Congress
  August 16, 2007

• More than 3,000 people set Delta straight
  August 7, 2007

• Pilots need to set Delta Air Lines straight
  August 2, 2007

• House transportation leaders push for FAA funding bill without user fees
  August 1, 2007

• GA-supported FAA funding bill gets bipartisan support
  July 30, 2007

• FAA, airlines still on same flight plan: Tax increases for GA
  July 27, 2007

• Help us fight user fees, Boyer and other GA leaders ask pilots at Oshkosh
  July 25, 2007

• Airlines drop user fee demand
  July 20, 2007

• Scrap the need for user fees, AOPA tells Senate committee
  July 19, 2007

• User fees: A battle report
  July 18, 2007

• Heartland pilots oppose user fees
  July 16, 2007

• GA must pay, senators say
  July 12, 2007

• Senate Finance Committee members likely to question user fees
  July 11, 2007

• Deceptive news release blames wrong people for airline delays
  July 6, 2007

• United Airlines on 'no fly' list for many AOPA members
  July 2, 2007

• AOPA endorses House FAA funding bill
  June 28, 2007

• AOPA members: Respond to United Airlines' latest user fee gimmick
  June 28, 2007

• More community groups join GA in user fee battle
  June 26, 2007

• AOPA petition against user fees tops 50,000 signatures
  June 20, 2007

• AOPA urges airports to oppose user fees
  June 14, 2007

• AOPA members strike back at airlines
  June 11, 2007

• Reps. Costello, Boswell come out hard against user fees
  June 5, 2007

• User fee talk discovered in airline seatbacks
  June 5, 2007

• FAA funding debate: It's really about an airline tax break, Boyer tells AOPA Fly-In crowd
  June 2, 2007

• User fees? 'It's a bad, bad idea' members say
  June 2, 2007

• The Alliance strikes back
  May 30, 2007

• AOPA takes user fee battle to key Senate committee
  May 30, 2007

• Sign our user fee petition, in person or online
  May 30, 2007

• AOPA's lobbying efforts against user fees continues
  May 23, 2007

• 'It's still about user fees'
  May 22, 2007

• Senate committee narrowly keeps user fees
  May 16, 2007

• Alaska takes firm stance on user fees, fuel tax increases
  May 14, 2007

• AOPA objects to $25 per flight user fee
  May 10, 2007

• Alaska pilots say no to user fees, higher taxes
  May 7, 2007

• Senate FAA bill is better for some facets of GA
  May 3, 2007

• User fees ground 'trip around the patch' for Europeans
  April 27, 2007

• Alaska legislators rally against FAA funding bill
  April 24, 2007

• Politicians respond to AOPA members' objections to FAA funding plan
  April 23, 2007

• Fight against user fees, taxes increases is going well
  April 20, 2007

• Thousands sign AOPA's petition against FAA funding scheme
  April 18, 2007

• National AP story paints dim view of GA
  April 16, 2007

• Coalition forms to fight for GA
  April 11, 2007

• GA airports would take a hit under FAA plan
  April 5, 2007

• FAA funding bill bad for business, AOPA tells avionics industry
  April 4, 2007

• Tepid Senate response to administration's FAA funding bill
  March 30, 2007

• Rep. Udall questions holdups in NextGen development
  March 30, 2007

• What's it like to fly GA with user fees?
  March 27, 2007

• FAA 'gulping the airline Kool-Aid,' congressman says
  March 23, 2007

• Skeptical members of Congress skewer FAA funding proposal
  March 21, 2007

• Boyer takes funding debate to state aviation officials
  March 20, 2007

• FAA keeps beating the drum for higher taxes
  March 16, 2007

• Another cold shoulder for massive GA tax hike
  March 15, 2007

• Some senators want aviation to pay more
  March 8, 2007

• Sen. Inhofe sticks up for GA, criticizes taxes
  March 8, 2007

• FAA funding broken? DOT admits it isn't
  March 8, 2007

• FAA funding: Airlines win and GA loses
  March 5, 2007

• Do you want to pay nearly a fourfold increase in avgas tax?
  February 28, 2007

• AOPA hits the road with its funding debate message
  February 22, 2007

• Contacting Congress
  February 22, 2007

• 'What can I do, Phil?'
  February 20, 2007

• FAA funding proposal gets panned on Capitol Hill
  February 15, 2007

• The sky's the limit when it comes to user fees
  February 15, 2007

• 'A cynical attempt to shift costs'
  February 14, 2007

• AOPA explains GA's important role to international delegation
  February 9, 2007

• GA's biggest threat makes landfall
  February 7, 2007

• Clearing smoke, breaking mirrors
  February 1, 2007

• Spread the word against user fees
  December 28, 2006

• FAA administrator addresses user fees, airport issues at AOPA Expo
  November 10, 2006

• User fees, a discussion presented at AOPA Expo
  November 9, 2006

AOPA Pilot Magazine Series

• Bill Me
  November 2007

• Airlines Attack
  October 2007

• Home Stretch
  September 2007

• Funding Feedback
  August 2007

• Hanging Tough
  July 2007

• Congress Listens
  June 2007

• A Cautionary Tale
  June 2007

• A Bill's Blowback
  May 2007

• Euro-Fees Fears
  April 2007

• Point of Order
  March 2007

• Battle Brewing
  February 2007

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