Is EAA going to roll over and pay off the FAA? If so, this would be an extraordinary lack of leadership on behalf of the EAA.


Where’s the FAA’s Notice of Proposed Rule Making, its preceding study, the Public Comment Period and Final Rule? The FAA’s pay-to-play scheme is simply an illegal, “shoot from the hip” demand from the FAA, that has no precedence. We don’t allow Government to operate in this manner and we don’t for good reason.


If EAA pays this fee, then General Aviation has forever lost the debate on User Fees. Should EAA cave in, there will be no reason for the FAA to demand, with little or no notice, other “necessary” fees from progressively smaller and smaller users, each having a lessor voice and limited ability to protest. Even worse, EAA will have sent a precedent which will embolden the FAA to further implement new, unapproved User Fees.


If the current leadership at EAA isn’t prepared to defend us against this type of threat to GA, then EAA’s entire management team needs to change. In addition to decisive leadership, EAA must have competent legal, political and lobbying resources to back up its positions. EAA’s members deserve this. Our future as pilots, as an organization, depends on it.