A Fair Tax for Aviation
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The Post is correct about the need to fund the Federal Aviation Administration [editorial, Aug. 22] but incorrect about the way to do it.
Our organization supports the House version of the funding bill. It keeps the current funding structure based on fuel and ticket taxes, adjusting fuel taxes for general aviation to account for inflation without increasing airlines' tax burden.
The fuel tax is an efficient, progressive way for general aviation to pay. The more pilots fly, the more they pay.
The airlines are not interested in fairness. They're interested in reducing costs so they can increase profits for their shareholders. General aviation is the only player at the table agreeing to pay more to help modernize the air traffic control system.
Everyone in aviation agrees that air traffic control must be modernized. But new technology will not address the two main causes of airline delays: weather and too many aircraft using too few runways.
This bill would give the FAA the money it needs to modernize and make needed investments for air transportation across the country.
PHIL BOYER
President
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Frederick
