One wonders what McCain's position on ATC user fees might be:
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2008/080626funding.html
The Bush White House has been clinging to user fees, and has
threatened to veto any bill that doesnÂ’t give the airlines more
control over the air traffic control system and doesnÂ’t include
user fees for everyone talking to ATC.
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2008/080430funding.html
The presidentÂ’s top advisors made it very clear on April 29 that
if Congress sends him a bill that does not include user fees, and
does not give the airlines greater control over the air traffic
control system, they want him to veto the FAA funding legislation.
The White House once again cited its failed FAA funding bill as
the model, and said the legislation currently under consideration
by Congress does not align “FAA’s revenues with its costs through
fair fees linked to usage of the system,” nor does it include “a
broader set of aviation stakeholders in the oversight and
management” of the air traffic control system. (Administration
proposals would give the majority users of air traffic control—the
airlines—also majority say in ATC management.)
