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FAA To Start Charging For Online Charts, No Access For Individuals
The days of inexpensive navigation and chart apps for your mobile devices appear to be numbered with the FAA's announcement that it will begin charging for downloads that were previously free starting April 5, 2012. A story in the December issue of our sister publication Aviation Consumer says the Aeronautical Navigational Products Directorate (Aeronav), which currently makes the latest charts and other navigational products available online for free, says it has to recover the costs… (www.avweb.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Didn't we already pay for this in the form of income tax and fuel tax??
I was a thinking the same thing Chip. Is this not what they ought to be doing rather than spending our money on something from 20 years past. Sometimes things of the past or those no longer needed have to be cut off but that's not the government way.
Wayne.... I'm pretty sure scrapping the NDB system will save as much money as this tax will raise. I'd be just fine with losing that approach..... That'll save a few pages in the TERPS too.
This has the same deal as the user fees...the cost of implementing the fee will probably make the whole thing break even at best.
Oppose this silly cost:
https://www.change.org/petitions/federal-aviation-administration-dont-charge-for-online-charts
https://www.change.org/petitions/federal-aviation-administration-dont-charge-for-online-charts
Umm...VATSIM or IVAO? Seriously? That will not be a compelling argument to the FAA or anyone for that matter. We're talking about actual use by airspace users.