Originally Posted by
Outlaw2097
Throwing out a hypothetical here...
Say the government imposes some sort of pilot/fare wage/mandatory tax for every flight of lets say ~$10. Public outcry? Probably not. Theyd suck it up (like the TSA tax) and keep flying. Still they find a cheap ticket, then they pony up $10 more just because.
Take that and divide it among the pilots of which make an income under some bracket. Include flight instructors in this bracket (gives them a reason to stay there for a little extra $.)
Does anyone feel that something of this nature would drastically cut commercial flights considering there were 658 million passengers last year alone?
I think its a great idea in theory but lets throw an arbitrary bracket of $50K as the cutoff point (or pick any amount). Those that make $51K or $52K or $53K are going to be ****ED that because they are only $1-3K above the cutoff point they don't get the extra $$$$$.