The current administration appears to be determined to collect more money from those of us who use the national airspace system. People at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) expect a bill that will raise fees on aviation users to be introduced into Congress no later than this spring. And they’re not alone in that belief.
All of aviation has been talking about, and worrying about, “user fees” for decades, but nothing much has happened yet. This time, several factors have aligned which makes it very likely that there will be changes in the way aviation users are taxed.
