EAA is asking for members' support as we fight against the FAA's proposal to charge AirVenture with a very substantial "reimbusible"--a nearly $500,000 user fee--for ATC support.

Several US Senators have expressed interest in telling the FAA that they have had enough of that agency's attempts to unilaterally impose taxes and/or user fees on the flying public. In fact, there is a letter being circulated for signatures in the Senate as I write this, and we would truly appreciate you contacting your Senators and urging them to sign this letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta.

We are deeply concerned that this massive fee, which the FAA is proposing to levy on top of their normal tax-derived revenue, is a signal that the FAA is no longer concerned with supporting GA but instead only airline passengers. After all, you'd think that they would appropriately budget for ATC at the world's busiest airport--Wittman Regional during AirVenture--as they have for the past several decades. If they don't see maintaining safety at AirVenture as part of their agency's core function but instead as an add-on, then what is their core function?

Please contact your Senator and ask them to endorse this letter in support of GA. We are very interested in stopping this attempt at bleeding GA with a series of "fees" before it gains traction and this "revenue gathering method" becomes the new normal.
Thank you for your support!

-Jonathan Harger, EAA Government Advocacy and Safety