The Obama Administration's latest budget proposal includes a $100-per-flight user fee for turbine aircraft operating on IFR flight plans.
Major aviation groups like GAMA, AOPA, and NBAA have strongly condemned the proposed fee, arguing it could severely harm general aviation.
Aviation associations advocate for fuel taxes as the appropriate funding method and are calling for industry mobilization to defeat the proposal, as they have successfully done with similar plans in the past.
The Obama Administration’s latest budget proposal once again includes a $100-per-flight air traffic services user fee that would apply to turbine aircraft operating on IFR flight plans.
The 2015 White House budget drew immediate condemnation from aviation groups, which have defeated similar user fee proposals in the past.
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