AOPA and ATC Privatization

Collection will eventually be relagated to the infamous "EZ-PASS". You fly
low, under the transponder and your account is debited the amount of the
landing fee. If your account shows insufficient funds to pay any fee, a
giant fly swatter will appear, guided by the "giant hand" (actually the same
one that steered industry, but it is currently laid off), and it will swat
your ass into oblivion.

Tom
"Tom S." wrote in message
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Rick Durden wrote:

So long as ATC services are paid for via gasoline tax, things have
worked very well.

Not only that, but the cost of collection is negligible. As a
conservative
estimate, the cost of collecting user fees will triple the current
expense
of ATC (the cost of collecting tolls on the NJ toll roads is over 80% of
the
total cost of that system).

Must be like the Chicago tollroads, where the tolls that were going to be
done in ten years are now into their 40th year.