Weight-based User Fee Might Incentivize Smaller Planes

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:08:25 GMT, Jose
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1: There would need to be several different independent companies
providing the services on a competitive basis.

I strongly suggest you read the full document; it is quite
enlightening. The document acknowledges the monopolistic aspect of
the proposed user fee funded ATC system.

2: There would need to be an absence of a requirement to procure =any=
kind of briefing, and no prosecution of anybody who came to grief
because he did not procure an acceptable briefing.

What makes you say that?

These things won't happen.

For it to be fair, a third thing would have to happen - to wit: the end
of all taxes on fuel.

IMO, it is doubtful Congress will repeal ticket and fuel taxes. The
report indicates that trust fund accounts for about nine of the $14B
annual FAA budget. Nobody's going to kill that golden goose. And
rightfully so. It's a far more equitable and cost effective way of
colleting the revenue than what occurs in other countries who have
privatized ATC.