View Single Post
  #2  
Old April 20th 07, 03:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Matt Barrow[_4_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1,119
Default Cost of gas is beginning to hurt


wrote in message
oups.com...
On Apr 18, 12:45 pm, "Peter R." wrote:
On 4/18/2007 1:12:25 PM, wrote:

Just wait until they jack up the fuel tax to $0.70 a gallon and then
listen to the complaints! There will be a lot more planes parked on
the ramp and fewer in the air once this tax increase goes through.


If this tax does go through, expect the number of unfilled Angel Flight
missions (failure of a volunteer pilot to accept the flight) to sharply
increase.

--
Peter


Saudi Arabia must have some nice GA fields funded by the "tax" they
impose on us.


Canada and Mexico should, since we buy more from them than Saudi Arabia