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Sent to me from USPA President Steve Uslan:
You may put this out as a news item for our members. We were also told that Senator Harry Reid has stated that no important legislation will be passed by this congress and all must wait until the election is over and the new congress is seated.
Regards,
Steve Uslan
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe McLean
To: airone@troychesnut.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 4:29 PM
Subject: Aviation Across America
Dear Mr. Uslan:
Thank you for joining our legislative update conference call last week with James Christoferson, Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Hutchison and Jarrod Thompson of the Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee. By continuing our dialogue with these key senior staff members, you helped strengthen f an important relationship the Alliance relies upon to ensure that aviation remains safe and accessible for every American.
As we learned on the call, it is highly unlikely that a user fee will be passed in any form by this Congress. Unfortunately, we also learned on the call that the final passage of our hard won “compromise” legislation that relies exclusively on the fuel tax is also unlikely. While we will continue our efforts to gain final passage of the FAA bill this year, our focus must now also be on the next Congress and the administration, Democratic or Republican, that will take office in January.
The Alliance's strategy for standing up for General Aviation is simple: when the growing ranks of our members speak, our message will be heard. In order to prevent the airlines from pushing user fees after the coming election, it is important that we continue doing exactly what we did on last week's call: keeping abreast of any developments in Congress, and communicating our concerns to well-placed staffers and members.
Of equal importance is our ongoing effort to spread the word and recruit new members to join the Alliance. After all, every single voice we can muster is important when it's speaking up against the roar of the airlines' noise machine. Please let your colleagues and friends in aviation know about the Alliance for Aviation Across America, and invite them to visit www.AviationAcrossAmerica.com to learn more about our campaign.
In the coming weeks, I will be in touch with you to discuss our upcoming efforts and the fight we may face next year. . In the meantime, please don't hesitate to email or call me directly at (202) 334-1127. Again, thank you for your active involvement and your time.
Sincerely,
Joe McLean
Executive Director
joe@aviationacrossamerica.com
P.O. Box 33891
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 223-9523
(202) 334-1127- Direct
www.aviationacrossamerica.com
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
USPA