ATA Propaganda & FAA Budgets

[Peashooter]

OK, this may stir the hornet's nest and I'm normally pretty laid back here and elsewhere, but I'm assuming that most folks on this board are General Aviation oriented. After all, air racing IS the cutting edge of GA activity.



So, if you aren't mad at the Airline Transport Association yet in their efforts to spin the FAA budget proccess message to the general public, wait till you see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4ilDkhnTE

http://www.airlines.org/

Blatant untruth wrapped in farce! This damages any remaining credibility of the organization for years to come. This is propaganda of the worst order, playing on fear, envy and greed. Without, I might add, any truth to the positions stated.

If you agree with me, make sure that you write your senators and congressmen/women and make yourself heard. You can also join/support the efforts of AOPA and EAA to suppport the facts, balance and sanity in this critical legislative process.

That's my .02 and I'm sticking to it!

https://www.aopa.org/

https://www.eaa.org

BTW, if the ATA got their way, the federal tax on avgas would jump from 17 cents a gallon to 75 cents a gallon for all GA aircraft! And, if by some stroke of good fortune, they change nothing at all in the current budget process, there would be a multi-billion dollar surplus in the next 5-10 years, even after major system upgrades like ADS-B.

Makes some noise! Who are the real fat cats in this process -- ATA and their silk-suited lobbyists in Washington.

[Peashooter]

Re: ATA Propaganda & FAA Budgets

Chuck J's reply on Canard Aviators nailed the airlines' modus operandi!

Sat Aug 4, 2007 10:16 pm (PST)
I share your sentiments Rudy. The darn ATA money grab made me so mad I
was going to hop on a Delta flight and go down to Atlanta to give
Grinstein a piece of my mind, but the first two flights were delayed and
the third was cancelled, so I just stayed home and played my Airline
Systems Simulator game---you know the one---its the game where you get
to do bad planning, charge passengers niggling, unconscionable fee for
everything imaginable (and a few unspeakable), mismanage schedules, soak
vendors and shareholders in bankruptcy, promise to give pretzels and
water to any passenger stranded for more than 8 hours on the ramp and
ask taxpayers and GA to pay your fair share for you, all while having
the FAA carry your water. The best part of the game is you get to pay
yourself a BIG FAT BONUS, no matter how badly you play the game and how
often you lose. The ASS game has become real popular--all the airlines
are playing it.


Chuck

[zaqwrx]

Re: ATA Propaganda & FAA Budgets

So, if you aren't mad at the Airline Transport Association yet in their efforts to spin the FAA budget proccess message to the general public, wait till you see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh4ilDkhnTE

Nothing like a good stacking of the deck .... Edna shoulda shared the tax/passenger part