"John Kulp" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:25:24 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

TMOliver writes:

Currently, radar ATC is structured so that all a/c follow charted
"corridors" enroute to destinations. It is assumed that a GPS-based
system
will allow direct flight paths, saving substantial time and distance.
Because of the possibility of inoperative GPS systems in individual
a/c, the
radar system will have to remain in place and be maintained.

What provision is made for failing GPS systems aboard aircraft? One
aircraft
misreporting its position could cause serious trouble for an entire
region.
One aircraft or transmitter deliberately sending out false information
could
be a terrorist's dream.

Completely silly, of course. It's called redunancy.


Your compehension of reality is pretty limited, then. There are plenty
of
runways and no real overload of a/c. The problem occurs with too many
flights coming and going from the same destinations at peak times.

And why isn't that correlated with the number of available runways?
Twice the
runways means roughly twice the capacity.

Talk to the government who has been ripping off the airline trust fund
for years. Maybe they will print some money for building more and
better airports. Which is what it was passed for in the first place
before the thieves discovered it.

There is no such thing as "the airline trust fund", it is called the
"Airport and Airway Trust Fund" and is funded at the rate in the table
below. The private aircraft I used to fly would burn ~ 700 gallons of jet
fuel between Dallas and New York. We normally carried 4-5 passengers. At
the tax rate of $0.218/gallon it would be $152.60 per trip, or $38.15 tax
per passenger. I do not see the airlines collecting anything near that.

Updated 2/7/07
CURRENT AVIATION EXCISE TAX STRUCTURE
(Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Public Law 105-35)

Aviation Taxes Comment Tax Rate
PASSENGERS
Domestic Passenger Ad valorem tax 7.5% of ticket price (10/1/99
through 9/30/2007)
Ticket Tax
Domestic Flight "Domestic Segment" = a flight leg Rate is indexed by
the Consumer Price Index starting 1/1/02
Segment Tax consisting of one takeoff and one $3.00 per passenger per
segment during calendar year (CY) 2003
landing by a flight $3.10 per passenger per segment during CY2004.
$3.20 per passenger per segment during CY2005.
$3.30 per passenger per segment during CY2006
$3.40 per passenger per segment during CY2007
Passenger Ticket Tax Assessed on tickets on flights that 7.5% of
ticket price (same as passenger ticket tax)
for Rural Airports begin/end at a rural airport. Flight segment fee
does not apply.

Rural airport: 100K enplanements during 2nd preceding CY, and
either 1) not located within 75 miles of
another airport with 100K+ enplanements, 2) is receiving essential
air service subsides, or 3) is not
connected by paved roads to another airport
International Arrival & Head tax assessed on pax arriving or Rate is
indexed by the Consumer Price Index starting 1/1/99
Departure Tax departing for foreign destinations (& Rate during
CY2003 = $13.40
U.S. territories) that are not subject Rate during CY2004 = $13.70
to pax ticket tax. Rate during CY2005 = $14.10
Rate during CY2006 = $14.50
Rate during CY2007 = $15.10
Flights between continental U.S. and Alaska or Hawaii Rate is
indexed by the Consumer Price Index starting 1/1/99
$6.70 international facilities tax + applicable domestic tax rate
(during CY03)
$6.90 international facilities tax + applicable domestic tax rate
(during CY04)
$7.00 international facilities tax + applicable domestic tax rate
(during CY05)
$7.30 international faciltiies tax + applicable domestic tax rate
(during CY06)
$7.50 international faciltiies tax + applicable domestic tax rate
(during CY07)
Frequent Flyer Tax Ad valorem tax assessed on 7.5% of value of miles
mileage awards (e.g., credit cards)
FREIGHT / MAIL
Domestic Cargo/Mail 6.25% of amount paid for the transportation of
property by air
AVIATION FUEL
General Aviation Fuel Aviation gasoline: $0.193/gallon
Tax Jet fuel: $0.218/gallon
Commercial Fuel Tax $0.043/gallon



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*H. Allen Smith*
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