Not disagreeing with this but does anybody see any irony here:

Airlines, pilots oppose higher federal fees on tickets

But airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association, a union representing 50,000 pilots, are already lobbying against including the anticipated fee. Airlines argued that their passengers shouldn't be charged the immigration fee that doesn't apply to train and bus passengers.

"Congress cannot continue to solve its spending problems on the backs of airline passengers," said Nicholas Calio, CEO of Airlines for America. "The government must stop using airlines and their passengers as its own personal ATM whenever it needs more money."

ALPA also issued a statement Thursday saying the group "strongly opposes this fee hike and urges Congress to stop using U.S. airlines and passengers as a bottomless piggy bank."