"Skylune" wrote:

But I strongly think that user fees should play a substantial role,
especially for non-remote areas that have GA airports which serve
primarily recreational interests. The little AV gas taxes just aren't
cutting it.

Before you assert that avgas taxes are inadequate, tell me how much is
collected yearly and how much of that goes to support aviation. If a
significant amount is siphoned off to fund non-aviation purposes then
you have an obvious solution at ZERO increase in taxes or user fees.

Ron Lee