It more closely indicates the numbers of users of 'the system' or more closely indicates the benefit received.
Absolutely no way a J-3 should pay anything near what a 747 pays, not even 1/1000th the amount...


"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message nk.net...
Why should weight matter? It doesn't make any difference in the cost to provide the service.

Mike
MU-2


".Blueskies." wrote in message ...
Fees for aircraft registration should be increased to help offest some of the costs of the system. It should be based
on max takeoff weight.

I like the comments about giving away a GPS with all the info systems built in. The next question however is who
loads the information to start with? Who put up and maintains the satellites? Who summarizes the wx details? Who
takes the flight plan and closes it?