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Catalog   Rate this item (0 votes)  FREDERICK, MD - The White
House on Wednesday released a budget proposal that includes a
$100 per-flight user fee -a charge the Aircraft Owners and
Pilots Association (AOPA) warns could be disastrous for general
aviation.  "We are disappointed to see this misguided idea
resurfacing after it has been repeatedly and overwhelmingly
rejected in the past. This is the wrong way to fund our aviation
system," said AOPA President Craig Fuller. "Congress has said it
will not tolerate user fees, and neither will the general
aviation community."  Two previous budgets from the Obama
Administration have included similar user fee proposals, but in
each case Congress has rejected the idea. And opposition to user
fees on Capitol Hill is growing. Last week, 223 bipartisan
members of the House of Representatives signed a letter to the
President, urging him to "abandon this idea once and for all."
User fees appear to be just the la