"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message
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Interesting. Here in the UK, we're paying about $7.70 per gallon for
100LL.

About $1.15 is sales tax levied on almost all goods.
About $2.00 is the excise duty on Avgas.

That leaves $4.55 per gallon, which is more than twice the price John
paid,
according to his original post. Why is the price so high? Because the
oil
companies can get away with it. I think you call that "capitalism",
don't
you?

Oddly, our "capitalism" produces mogas at about $1.70 a gallon (with the
state and fed gub'mints taking about $0.35-0.40 of that) and out Avgas
100LL
at $2.62.

Sounds like your over-regulation, demanded by your populace, has bitten
you
consumers in the ass. Se, we have dozens of companies in the Avgas
business
and hundreds in the petrol business. How many do you have?

The UK hasn't been even remotely free market/capitalist in over 100 years.

You folks shot yourselves in the groin, so quit yer' bitching.

No problem, it gives us an excuse to go to the US and fly there.
And why not. There is so much to see. With the $ at nearly 2 to the £ its a
bargain and which is why the US will be the most popular tourist destination
for Brits this year despite the additional security restrictions.

The security is no problem either. Its still a bit ramshackled. Its
something we are used to and ours is probably better due to the many years
more experience of the task. Besides which nearly every Brit has a passport
and travels abroad at some time so it breeds a bit of tolerance.

As for me, it will be hour building somewhere this year where I can enjoy
the full experience what aviation in the US has to offer.

Even though the Federal authorities are making life more difficult you guys
are lucky. So appreciate it and enjoy it. Thousand of foreign pilots coming
to the US cannot be wrong.