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United States Pilots Association |
At a recent USPA meeting, President Steve Uslan said he would send members some suggested wording for a letter to our elected officials regarding user fees. That letter follows. Please feel free to use any part of it, or none of it, but please write your Congressman and Senators. That’s the way our system works.
Addresses can be found at http://www.house.gov/writerep/ and http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Remember: The only worthless letter is the one you haven’t written.
Honorable Mike Conaway
Congressman
411 W. 8th Street
Odessa, TX 79761
Re: FAA Management issues
Dear Congressman Conaway:
For several years now the administrator of the FAA has been stating that "User Fees" were necessary to be levied upon all pilots and aircraft owners. This process would require the hiring of many more people to police the industry and would no doubt end up costing the government far more than the fees bring in. Oil and various aircraft fuels have been selling at very high prices this past year, meaning that revenues from the aviation fuel tax must also be correspondingly high. I urge you to vote against any imposition of user fees and instead request you urge the administrator to clean up her department and get rid of the waste and poor performance it is so well known for.
Recently I was informed that the FAA was giving a sum in excess of $300 Billion dollars to the City of Chicago for improvements at O'Hare Airport. Putting this sum of money into the hands of the current city administration is almost criminal in its intent. This is an excellent example of why small plane pilots should not be penalized in the form of user fees when the FAA cannot and will not adhere to good business practices.
I hope you will vote against these travesties and use your influence to see that the FAA is run properly.
Sincerely,
Steve Uslan, President
United States Pilots Association
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association