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AOPA article: Piston pilots pay no user fee, but IFR's pay $25



 
 
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Old May 6th 07, 12:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default AOPA article: Piston pilots pay no user fee, but IFR's pay $25

Can people help decipher the AOPA article about who pays the $25 fee
on per
use of the ATC service,

"There would be a $25 per flight "Air Traffic Modernization" surcharge
imposed on all flights. Piston-engine general aviation aircraft,
turboprop aircraft "operating outside of controlled airspace," and
military, public service, and air ambulances would be exempt from the
user fee."

Is this $25 fee paid by all flights including the pistons ? OR is it
saying everyone
flying outside of Class A,B,C,D,E do not have to pay $25. But once
inside one
of A,B,C,D,E, turboprop gets $25 bill, while pistons do not get that
$25 charge ?

Is this an optimistic interpretation, or the text meant something
else ?

I hope the bill that is getting to be passed is not worded this way.

P S

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Old May 7th 07, 09:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default AOPA article: Piston pilots pay no user fee, but IFR's pay $25

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:


writes:


Is this an optimistic interpretation, or the text meant something
else?


Even if the interpretation is correct, don't think for a moment that
piston-engined aircraft would be permanently exempt. Eventually
everyone would pay the fee, and the fee would increase regularly.
Your only hope is that the fee will not be implemented in the first
place. Once it's there, it can only get worse, never better.


I hope the bill that is getting to be passed is not worded this way.


Have you written to your representatives and senators in Congress to
tell them what you think?



Doesn't amtter, you don't fly


While I think that some of mx's responses are full of nonsense,
you should at least pay attention while you're calling someone
else anmes.

"See to it that when you're fighting off the monsters that
you don't become one"

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Old May 8th 07, 07:34 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]
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Default AOPA article: Piston pilots pay no user fee, but IFR's pay $25

Erik wrote in news:133v2g6ovosik28
@corp.supernews.com:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:


writes:


Is this an optimistic interpretation, or the text meant something
else?

Even if the interpretation is correct, don't think for a moment that
piston-engined aircraft would be permanently exempt. Eventually
everyone would pay the fee, and the fee would increase regularly.
Your only hope is that the fee will not be implemented in the first
place. Once it's there, it can only get worse, never better.


I hope the bill that is getting to be passed is not worded this way.

Have you written to your representatives and senators in Congress to
tell them what you think?



Doesn't amtter, you don't fly


While I think that some of mx's responses are full of nonsense,
you should at least pay attention while you're calling someone
else anmes.


Why?



"See to it that when you're fighting off the monsters that
you don't become one"


I am one by definition, fjukkwit.

Look up Bunyip.


And I'm not fighting anyone, just entertaining myself.


Bertie
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Old May 8th 07, 03:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air,alt.disasters.aviation
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Default AOPA article: Piston pilots pay no user fee, but IFR's pay $25


"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
.130...

And I'm not fighting anyone, just entertaining myself.


Bertie


The word myself says it all.

Dan

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Old May 8th 07, 05:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_2_]
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Default AOPA article: Piston pilots pay no user fee, but IFR's pay $25

"Dan544" dan544p@hotmail wrote in news:46408b77$0$4876
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
.130...

And I'm not fighting anyone, just entertaining myself.


Bertie


The word myself says it all.


Yes I know. Otherwise I would have said "Im entertaining myself and
fjukkwit net nancies"




Bertie
 




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