Re: LS and DG tax

[Craig[_2_]]

On Jan 2, 7:05*am, Bob Kuykendall > wrote:
> On Jan 2, 1:46*am, glidergeek > wrote:
>
> > "DG appears to have paid 90,000 euros to certify 13 (acquired) glider
> > types for the first year and will have to pay 11,700 euros every year,
> > and that is just one fee, not all the other fees which are listed in
> > detail"
>
> > Did Herr Weber not know this would be required of his company when he
> > bought DG?
>
> I think that the EASA did not even exist until 2003. In 1996 when Herr
> Weber bought Glaser Dirks, certification was an LBA function and the
> fees were probably much more modest.

DG isn't the only one. Hawker Beechcraft is facing the same problems
but opted for a different approach.

http://www.charterx.com/resources/article.aspx?id=5819

Craig

[brianDG303[_2_]]

On Jan 7, 10:31*am, Craig > wrote:
> On Jan 2, 7:05*am, Bob Kuykendall > wrote:
>
> > On Jan 2, 1:46*am, glidergeek > wrote:
>
> > > "DG appears to have paid 90,000 euros to certify 13 (acquired) glider
> > > types for the first year and will have to pay 11,700 euros every year,
> > > and that is just one fee, not all the other fees which are listed in
> > > detail"
>
> > > Did Herr Weber not know this would be required of his company when he
> > > bought DG?
>
> > I think that the EASA did not even exist until 2003. In 1996 when Herr
> > Weber bought Glaser Dirks, certification was an LBA function and the
> > fees were probably much more modest.
>
> DG isn't the only one. Hawker Beechcraft is facing the same problems
> but opted for a different approach.
>
> http://www.charterx.com/resources/article.aspx?id=5819
>
> Craig

Yes, but given the difference in the aircraft, hawker is likely to
recover their costs with this where DG could not.