User Fees Will Tripple Piston-Engine Operating Costs

[Larry Dighera]

AOPA CRUNCHES THE NUMBERS FOR FAA FUNDING PLAN

Staffers at AOPA have been sorting through the FAA's funding
proposal to figure out exactly what all the proposed changes would
cost. They've found that if the FAA gets its way, fliers of
piston-engine aircraft would see their fees increase $100 million per
year -- more than triple what they pay today. Fees for turbine-powered
GA aircraft would also more than triple, adding up to an extra $868
million per year. The big winners would be the "legacy" airlines,
whose taxes would be cut by more than one-fourth, saving them about
$1.7 billion a year. The low-cost airlines would see a 15-percent cut,
saving about $286 million per year. "It's no wonder the airlines love
this proposal so much," said AOPA President Phil Boyer. "Not only
would they pay less, they'd have more control over who uses the air
traffic control system, and they'd have the majority vote in setting
the fees they charge themselves and others."
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/821-full.html#194617




RACCA, HAI JOINS RANKS AGAINST USER FEES

The Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association (RACCA) and Helicopter
Association International (HAI) recently joined ranks with other
aviation groups to take a stand against the FAA's proposed change to a
system funded by user fees. In a statement to members of Congress
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RACCA said the proposal would triple the fuel taxes paid by its
members. The group also said the cost of collecting new fees for GA
operations and services would be prohibitive. "If implemented, the
proposal puts the FAA in the position of being a tax collector,
diluting its mandated focus on aviation safety issues," according to
RACCA. Meanwhile, last week at Heli-Expo HAI President Matthew Zuccaro
said his organization is "strenuously opposed" to the FAA's user-fee
proposal, charging that the fourfold fuel tax increase and other
additional untold fees are "not acceptable."
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/821-full.html#194614

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On Mar 10, 1:05 pm, Larry Dighera > wrote:
> AOPA CRUNCHES THE NUMBERS FOR FAA FUNDING PLAN
>
> Staffers at AOPA have been sorting through the FAA's funding
> proposal to figure out exactly what all the proposed changes would
> cost. They've found that if the FAA gets its way, fliers of
> piston-engine aircraft would see their fees increase $100 million per
> year -- more than triple what they pay today. Fees for turbine-powered
> GA aircraft would also more than triple, adding up to an extra $868
> million per year.

Baaa Waaa, Pampers and Depends are on sale at Walmart...JG

[Larry Dighera]

On 10 Mar 2007 11:09:53 -0800, wrote in
om>:

>Pampers and Depends are on sale at Walmart...JG

So you keep your finger on the best price for those items, huh?

Perhaps you're wearing them on the wrong end of your alimentary canal.

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On Mar 10, 1:19 pm, Larry Dighera > wrote:
> On 10 Mar 2007 11:09:53 -0800, wrote in
> om>:
>
> >Pampers and Depends are on sale at Walmart...JG
>
> So you keep your finger on the best price for those items, huh?
>
> Perhaps you're wearing them on the wrong end of your alimentary canal.

Touche !! Had to google that one:

Definition:
Imagine that you put one end of a hose in your mouth and kept
threading it through until it came out of your butt. That's more or
less what the alimentary canal is.
You put food in one end of the tube and it's processed during its
journey to the other end of the tube, where the waste material comes
out.

In real life, the alimentary canal consists of the mouth, pharynx,
esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. In adults,
the alimentary canal is about 30 feet long.