Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
I agree that a lot of aviation taxes are siphoned off for other interests. That's why we should eliminate fuel taxes and charge a service fee (those theoretically couldn't be siphoned off.) Give that Freaknomics podcast a listen. In the case of the Citation at non-towered airports, they wouldn't be charged a fee, the 777 at a major airport would. See how it works?
On this we agree.
The citation at the major airport would, though.
But while you have some good points, the reality is that even if user fees are ushered in, the fuel tax is not going away. Therefore user fees should not even be floated as an idea.