EAA493 Mailing List: Please write or call your congressman today. Our flying is under attack again.

[Don Treadwell (donald]

Our Air Traffic Control system is under attack again by at Trojan horse created by the airlines and that idiot Rep. Jim Shuster from Pennsylvania.  It is urgent that all pilots contact their representatives in Washington today. The vote may be held tomorrow.

I just sent this to Conaway, Cornyn and Cruz:

Good afternoon,

I wanted to let you know as a constituent of yours (life long resident of Texas) and a pilot for the last 40 years I am opposed to Rep. Jim Shuster's latest amendment to the bill funding the United States air traffic control system.  He has been trying for many years to privatize or change the funding for the FAA.  I support continuing taxes and increasing them if necessary on aviation fuel in order to pay my share of the air traffic  control system.  The FAA has done an outstanding job making flying safe in the US. Thank you. 

conaway.house.gov

cornyn.senate.gov

cruz.senate.gov

Please take a moment to let our reps know how you feel about giving ATC to the airlines. 

Breaking: Airline Trojan Horse threatens US ATC system

As this issue of Aviation eBrief was being drafted, AOPA announced it will be issuing an urgent message to general aviation pilots today asking them to call their members of Congress to oppose a surprise eleventh-hour backroom amendment crafted by Rep. Jim Shuster, R-Pa., outgoing chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The manager's amendment is an airline-derived Trojan Horse that proposes to place the US air traffic system under the control of an airline-dominated board under the Department of Transportation and outside the Federal Aviation Administration, the only federal agency with the expertise and background to safely operate the largest, most complex air traffic system in the world. A vote on the bill could occur as soon as April 25.Pilots should contact their member of Congress.

Don Treadwell