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USA Today reported this week that small airports across the country have benefited from $1.1 billion since 2001. They point out that the funds were ear marked by lawmakers to support specific projects. They go on to claim that corporate jets, private pilots, and even companies such as UPS and FedEx have unfairly benefited from the projects at the expense of the tax payers.
If this all sounds familiar, it's because it is; read here. This recent report is just an expansion on an earlier report released by USA Today in September. That report also neglected to mention all the facts and even butchered quotes to fit their agenda; a sure sign that USA Today never intended to find the truth, just to find what they'd been told to find.
Leaders of the major aviation organizations were quick to respond. NBAA President Ed Bolen wrote the newspaper, saying "Unfortunately, the vital contributions provided by community airports, and the millions of people who rely on them, were completely missing from your coverage." EAA's Earl Lawrence had this to say: "The continuing inference that the only airports that are worthy of support are those with commercial service is similar to saying the only roads worth maintaining are those used by passenger buses." AOPA President Craig Fuller responded: "USA Today has done its readers a disservice by failing to present all the facts ... regarding aviation funding."
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