UAL, NWA, USAirways, and American have all featured either email campaigns or articles in their magazines about how "corporate fat cats" flying business jets are clogging up the skies and how ticketed passengers are paying to subsidize aviation for the weathly in this country.
Even worse is that CNN airport network (often prominently displayed in major hubs such as DTW) is showing the ATA's "cartoons" that clearly (IMHO) misrepresent the facts and portray business and general aviation in a bad light.
I worked for the airlines, I've flown GA, and I now work for corporate. My personal thoughts are that user fees do nothing to help the state of our industry. If it were up to me Marion Blakey would be fired immediately. She's done more to harm our nation's aviation system than any other person or organization...