NATCA Going Down in Flames

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:47:51 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 04:35:17 GMT, randall g
wrote in :

How would you feel about an annual charge for all the ATC you can eat?
Here in Canada it is $71 per year (us$64) for aircraft 2000 kg.

It is my understanding, that such aircraft are not charged for ATC
services by Eurocontrol. How do you feel about that?

They pay a lot more tax on avgas. All things considered, I'd still
rather live in Canada.


I don't have a problem with that.

Is NavCanada turning a profit yet? How much do you think do you think
it will cost you for ATC services to make NavCanada profitable?

Does the FAA turn a profit? I don't follow NavCanada's finances. I'm
confident they will continue to get the vast majority of their income
from the airlines, or gov't subsidies. Even in a relatively busy
airspace such as around Vancouver, there isn't nearly as much GA as in
many parts of the US.




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