Editor's Log: 08/06

Dear Uncle:

How have you been lately? It seems your name makes the news often, and not always in the best light. We admit that we haven’t written as often as we should; hope you’ll understand that we’re all pretty busy these days. We know you are, too. All of us here hope you’ll soon shrug off the distractions you’ve been facing and once again will be able to focus on helping out the rest of us.

When you get to that point, we hope you’ll stop for a moment and consider what’s going on out in the field. Demand for general aviation has never been greater, but your colleagues seem determined to keep erecting roadblocks. Their clamoring for user fees is one part; policies leading to...