============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm<x-tad-bigger>User fees far from successful in Canada</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-smaller>New charges proposed for small GA aircraft
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-bigger>The most vocal user fee proponents usually point north to Nav Canada to demonstrate the "success" of the concept. Yet since the commercialization of air traffic control in Canada, and the imposition of direct fees for ATC services, the system is being dominated by the interest of the airlines.
Now Nav Canada wants to impose new user fees on general aviation as a change in its charging methodology. AOPA, on behalf of U.S. citizens flying in Canada, </x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>is objecting</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-bigger>.
"This proposal underscores why AOPA opposes a user fee-based system in the United States," said Andy Cebula, AOPA executive vice president of government affairs. "It reinforces AOPA's stance that Congress (or Parliament in the case of Canada) is the appropriate 'board of directors' for a national air transportation system."
Not only is Nav Canada trying to collect more from GA, it is also attempting to "segregate" users and drive GA away from some airports. </x-tad-bigger>
</x-tad-bigger><x-tad-smaller>(Updated: February 22, 2006, 9:36 a.m. EST)</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
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