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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
oups.com... But that's already how landing fees work for rental aircraft--the fee is charged to the owner, on the basis of the tail number. If the owner is an FBO, then the FBO in turn charges the renter who had the plane when the fee was incurred. It doesn't seem very difficult. This doesn't seem difficult compared to a fuel tax? Surely there must be some political hack who is trying to carve out lifetime employement for his children. I can just imagine the entire building with hundreds and hundreds of gov't accounting types charging aircraft owners for their usages, along with accountants at FBOs trying to figure out who flew at 1pm and who flew at 2pm. Its just hard to imagine that anyone finds this "easier* than a fuel tax. No, I didn't say it's easier. It's just not much more difficult; and no it's different that what's already done for landing fees (or for Canadian user fees for US aircraft that cross the border). It's trivial for software to automatically bill the right user for the fees. Such software may not be widely used by FBOs yet, but it would be if user fees were adopted; so the bookkeeping burden isn't a big deal. --Gary |
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