Matt Whiting wrote:
Andrew Sarangan wrote:

NACO charts are free. It is like free medical care. It is a great
system and works wonderfully. It has inspired many products and
services that don't exist in countries that have user fees. User fees
will wipe all of them except the big ones (like Jepp) and service will
deteriorate.


Nothing is free. NACO charts are simply paid for from general revenue
from taxes rather than a separate fee. Same with healthcare in
countries where it isn't a fee-based system. Just look at their tax
structures...

Matt

Nonetheless, a lot of people in this country think such things are free.
In some sense the charts are "free," because the pilot flies his
airplane (which probably cost more than most folks cars) using charts
paid for mostly by taxpayers who don't pilot aircraft.