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FAA Not Charging NFL For Super Bowl ATC Costs
Their tax money is better than our tax money. "The FAA has confirmed ... that the NFL will not have to pay for the extra costs of providing air traffic services in the New York area that result from Sunday's Super Bowl game in New Jersey." They confirm extra shifts, overtime, etc., at MULTIPLE airports (all that means extra COST), but they can handle it. But they can't handle EAA AirVenture without charging enormous fees? I can't even type what I'm thinking.... (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Guess they don't know that the NFL does NOT pay Federal Taxes. The law makers have them exempt.
This, unfortunately, is true. The NFL does have tax exempt status (why, I sure as hell don't know, as they are a private company). The only thing I can say is that either that exempt status needs to be taken away faster than Usain Bolt can run, or let other entities like EAA AirVenture apply for and receive that same tax exempt status that the NFL has.
Tax-exempt status is not so ambiguous. Either it is a profit-making venture owned by a person or entity that profits from the venture; or it is a charitable enterprise that exists exclusively for some educational or charitable purpose.
The NFL may have started with different aims. Their tax status and anti-trust exemption is given by legislation. They wouldn't qualify as a non-profit nowadays with the IRS's strict qualifications for exempt status without the legislative intervention that has benefited all the major sports for the 'public benefit'. Sports helps pacify the (potentially voting) riff-raff.
The NFL may have started with different aims. Their tax status and anti-trust exemption is given by legislation. They wouldn't qualify as a non-profit nowadays with the IRS's strict qualifications for exempt status without the legislative intervention that has benefited all the major sports for the 'public benefit'. Sports helps pacify the (potentially voting) riff-raff.
If you're referrring to user fees & surcharges on purchased fares and airports fees on charters, NFL employees, players and broadcast/ print media may pay more than most to support airport infrastructure and the FAA.
If you're talking about taxes on players' salaries, two probably pay more than most. (granted that is because they earn more than most)
The extra shifts are a rounding error for the NYC airspace. All the normal aviation activity in one of the world's busiest airspaces continues throughout the time in question. To be fair, AirVenture is overwhelming. It's the only thing going on in an area that never gets that kind of volume at any other time.
No budget can easily accommodate the radical departure from normal to cover AirVenture (especially in an era of ever tightening budgets). Other items like capital expenditures toward NextGen improvements or some number of beaurocrat jobs would have to go unfunded.
If you're talking about taxes on players' salaries, two probably pay more than most. (granted that is because they earn more than most)
The extra shifts are a rounding error for the NYC airspace. All the normal aviation activity in one of the world's busiest airspaces continues throughout the time in question. To be fair, AirVenture is overwhelming. It's the only thing going on in an area that never gets that kind of volume at any other time.
No budget can easily accommodate the radical departure from normal to cover AirVenture (especially in an era of ever tightening budgets). Other items like capital expenditures toward NextGen improvements or some number of beaurocrat jobs would have to go unfunded.
This is totally wrong one event is for millionairs and the other does more to promote general aviation than anything else. The Million dollar Superbowl should support itself not rip off the taxpayers... enough is enough. Shows that the government doesn't care about those that are EAA'ers and do everything they can to keep their cost down. Dunk EAA 39683
There may be legitimate reasons for the government to help support a bunch of mostly rich guys have a fun week talking planes. Honestly I'd be an easy sell on the value of the event (certainly to the participants). There were not 115 million people tuning in to the events of AirVenture.
I'd be the first to say that each event should pull their own weight with zero contribution from taxpayers or commercial pasenger fees.
Get back to me when AirVenture has half of 115 million constituents, when you want to make the argument that it is more worthy than general aviation.
General aviation is important. Buy it shouldn't be afraid of pulling it's own weight.
You may even try to convince me that fees collected from general aviation should be earmarked for AirVenture. I'd counter that general aviation should be made as affordable as possible. Anyone wanting to have a fun week-long party (no matter how valuable the underlying community) should be willing to pay their way, without claim or recourse to the taxpayer wallet, to the commercial airfare fees, nor an impediment to making every attempt to get general aviation affordable (so no GA fees either).
That said the FAA shouldn't be an incompetent ass in the administration of prividing assistance or not. Any fees demanded for services provided should be made clear long in advance. This way the event can be properly budgeted, and the coats of producing the event be properly passed along to the participants. The private parties/ entity shouldn't be bankrupted by a sudden change in policy just a shirt time before an event.
I'd be the first to say that each event should pull their own weight with zero contribution from taxpayers or commercial pasenger fees.
Get back to me when AirVenture has half of 115 million constituents, when you want to make the argument that it is more worthy than general aviation.
General aviation is important. Buy it shouldn't be afraid of pulling it's own weight.
You may even try to convince me that fees collected from general aviation should be earmarked for AirVenture. I'd counter that general aviation should be made as affordable as possible. Anyone wanting to have a fun week-long party (no matter how valuable the underlying community) should be willing to pay their way, without claim or recourse to the taxpayer wallet, to the commercial airfare fees, nor an impediment to making every attempt to get general aviation affordable (so no GA fees either).
That said the FAA shouldn't be an incompetent ass in the administration of prividing assistance or not. Any fees demanded for services provided should be made clear long in advance. This way the event can be properly budgeted, and the coats of producing the event be properly passed along to the participants. The private parties/ entity shouldn't be bankrupted by a sudden change in policy just a shirt time before an event.
Sure, I like guys in tights slamming into each other. But the NFL is starting to rub me the wrong way.