Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] SF Gate: Feds threaten airlines over discount fares' hidden fees Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:58:09 +0000 Message-Id: <102320031458.5952.a85@xxxxxxxxxxx> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 14 2003) X-Authenticated-Sender: ZGFtaXJvc3NAY29tY2FzdC5uZXQ= THe problem is that the taxes are not going to runways and keeping airports up to date. There is a huge surplus in the aviation trust fund. However, this fund is being used to show that the federal debt is not that high. The segment fee is the worse of the taxes. Can you tell me that it takes $3 per person for ATC? It doesn't cost any more to control a 747 with 350 people in it than it does a Cessna 402 with 9 people yet the fee is the same. What other industry, besides tobacco, has such a high rate of taxation? David R > In a message dated 10/22/2003 2:53:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << I have yet to see an airline ad that doesn't include, albeit in small > print, the governmental extortions placed on the fares. >> > > Um, I thought we were not supposed to get political here? Well, I guess we > will have to find another way to build runways and keep airports up to date > than charging the people who use them