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User Fees: Not Dead Yet

User fees have returned in the form of a mandatory surcharge on every flight of a business or commercial aircraft.

In the words of the plan, “This proposal would create a $100 per flight fee, payable to the FAA, by aviation operators who fly in controlled airspace.

By James Wynbrandt • Contributor - Business Aviation

October 10, 2011

Like a monster that keeps coming back to life in a bad horror movie, user fees have returned in the form of a mandatory surcharge on every flight of a business or commercial aircraft proposed in President Obama’s jobs creation/deficit reduction plan unveiled in September. In the words of the plan, “This proposal would create a $100 per flight fee, payable to the FAA, by aviation operators who fly in controlled airspace…The revenues generated by the surcharge would be deposited into the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. This fee would generate an estimated $11 billion over 10 years.”

The business aviation community, exhausted from battling the economic slump, has reacted with more puzzlement than outrage.

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