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$100 Per Flight User Fee In Obama Budget Proposal
"AOPA finds little solace [in the piston exemption]," said AOPA President Craig Fuller. "In nations where user fees have been introduced, the fees have grown." (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
maybe instead of the government flying around on gulfstreams, they could downsize a bit and hey, perhaps fly on lear's instead? sell the 50 million dollar jets and replace them with 15-20 million.. dont hate on the GA pilots!
I wonder if Obama can pay for his corporate jet?? (AF-1) Sounds like a tax on the middle class. Because you know, everyone that flys is part of the 1 percent!! Screw birth control, its a war on Aviation!!! Watch out Aviators!
I think you're being a bit hyperbolic and slightly disingenuous.
I find it pretty amusing that in a country, whom has publicly admitted to not being able to locate recipients of 2.3 trillion dollars, they now feel justified to add additional sources of revenue for the govt through aviation. Maybe instead of more fees, they should hire better accountants and take responsibly for their own financial mistakes. Thanks for all the (extra loose) change obama!
When you consider the breadth of the tax breaks already enacted to promote economic growth coupled with the focus on deficit reduction it seems quite reasonable to request a fee from the most frequent and expensive users of the National Airspace System (who, if you really read the article, are the only ones affected by this proposal). ATC ain't free, and the carbon footprint associated with a rich kid taking the family's Gulfstream down to Cabo for the weekend is significant and destructive (to the environment and the price of petroleum).
And the guy bouncing around in the Skyhawk can still do his thing.
And the guy bouncing around in the Skyhawk can still do his thing.
Does that appyly to Michelle Obama's Ski vacation this weekend in Aspen??
Airlines are frequent users of the National Airspace System.... The airlines will pass those those tax hikes (fees = taxes) down to the passenger. aka the middle class.