On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:38:46 -0600, "Jim Macklin"
wrote in
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Rich people fly, so make them pay is the war cry of the user
fee faction.

Actually, the Reason Foundation, who have been the most vocal
proponent for converting Air Traffic Control to becoming a Profit
Based Organization, originally proposed to exempt light-GA.

I believe it's more about providing an additional federal revenue
stream to large corporations (LockMart, Boeing) who already have the
expertise and capability to automate ATC. If one can judge by the
criminal "Boeing Boondoggle" attempt to bilk $12 billion out of the
Pentagon by leasing the military 100 B-757's from their assembly line
in imminent danger of running out of orders, it would be consistent
with that philosophy.