If you (we) truly care about this issue as much as we are stating in this forum, then take the 10 minutes you would have spent on the internet with APC and sit down and type a letter to both members of the Senate that represent your state.

Now that the issue is time sensitive, an email or even a phone call would be more appropriate. The Capitol switchboard is 202-224-3121. I know for a fact that on hot-button issues such as this, each member's office will be keeping a record of its constituent correspondence. Only a fraction of a fraction of constituents ever take the time to make their opinions/concerns really known. If just a quarter of the professional pilots in this country were to call in, it would overwhelm them.

One piece of advice, call your own legislators, not all 100---you're call will not matter b/c they do not represent you. When you do initiate correspondence, you must make sure you leave them with at least a name and address, because this is how a member's office generates a response. Simply calling and yelling over the phone and hanging up WILL NOT make a difference and will not be 'counted' as anything.

I used to work in the business. If enough constituents make noise on an issue, the legislators do listen.