The Obama administration is poised to resurrect the debate over user fees for commercial aviation, al-though it stresses it will not pursue unpopular policies such as airport congestion pricing and slot auctions.rnWhile the Transportation Dept.'s Fiscal 2010 budget request produced few funding surprises, the aviation industry was watching closely to see if there were any hints on controversial policy topics such as user fees. The budget rules out this approach for Fiscal 2010, but the administration is developing a user-fee proposal for 2011 and beyond, and it will outline details in its FAA reauthorization blueprint later this year.
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