show up, this airfield is the busiest airport in the world for the duration of the show. but this year, due to the sequester, the faa told organizers they government would no longer be able to put air traffic controllers in the tower, and to the experimental air craft associating was forced to come up with nearly half a million dollars. with the provisos if you don t pay for the the services we won t be there and you can t have the event, and we have already contracted, sold, had in place this event. so that s you can t define being held hostage more accurately than that. i don t know what else you would say. the faa administrator responded sag the faa values the role of general aviation and understands its importance to our nation. the the current budget environment is requiring us to make difficult budget decisions. pilots say the faa is making