Bureaucratic budget cutting standard procedure: Protect your dull programs and cut the one that'll get the most sympathy and outrage from the public. This procedure is most likely to get your full budget restored. __________________________________
Though I'm inclined to agree with Jim's goals, I have to agree with Jerry's worries about getting the public and congress-critters involved. At this point, there's hope for the future and we have a workable, though not ideal, program to keep us flying. I'd suggest we instead send letters to our alphabet organizations (EAA, AOPA, etc.) and encourage them to put priority into lobbying for this change quietly, behind the scenes. I suspect we'll get farther in the long run. Ed Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/Ercoupe/index.htm East Peoria, Illinois ed -at- edbur???khead.??com (remove the ? marks and change -at- to @)
