Airlines wage propaganda for general aviation fee hike
 

I thought this was interesting. AOPA of course is opposed to user fees. From their weekly newsletter:

USER FEE TALK DISCOVERED IN AIRLINE SEATBACKS
The airlines have begun stuffing seatbacks with anti-general aviation propaganda, right next to the sick bags. AOPA has been anticipating such stealthy maneuvers as the FAA funding debate spools up. So far, editorials have appeared in two in-flight magazines, Northwest's NWA WorldTraveler and United’s United Hemispheres, under the headline “Smart Skies,” the namesake of the airlines' political initiative. What's not so smart is the idea—a dramatic oversimplification—of blaming GA for all their woes, namely air traffic delays. (They’re also claiming that GA doesn’t pay its “fair share.”) “If only it were that simple,” said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "At the top 10 busiest airports in the United States, the FAA's own data for all towered airports show that general aviation makes up less than 4 percent of all aircraft operations." What are the real culprits? A June 5 front-page story in USA Today said that about 40 percent of the delays were caused by weather. Other factors were late-arriving aircraft, maintenance and crew problems, and flight coordination at airports. The article also said that flight delays are at their worst in 13 years. See AOPA Online.