a proposed loan to the watsonville airport is generating CONTROVERSY. the 5 million dollar loan is to be used to balance the airport’s books by paying off a DEFICIT, however the watsonville pilots association says the airport doesn’t need a loan, and instead it needs to be in charge of its own hangar revenue. at the present airport assets go in to the city’s general fund, and end up financing non-revenue generating DEPARTMENTS, such as police and fire. the city’s HANDLING of the airport’s finances has remained an issue with the pilots association for the last 3 decades.