----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan9" <exatc@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 18:23 Subject: [AIRLINE] > I must have missed something. Where was a $3 charge for ATC described? > Al The $3 segment fee (adjusted for inflation each year) goes to the Aviation Trust Fund to pay for FAA activities. For a good overview of aviation taxes see http://www.nbta.org/exe_corner/spotlight/spotlight5_5_03.htm --- Original Message ----- > From: <damiross2@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 11:06 AM > > > >> 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.