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Old September 13th, 2007, 05:11 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air
John Kulp
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Default CNN article on problems in Air Travel, as seen by FAA

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:14:57 GMT, "Allen"
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"John Kulp" wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:25:24 +0200, Mxsmanic
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TMOliver writes:


There is no such thing as "the airline trust fund", it is called the
"Airport and Airway Trust Fund" and is funded at the rate in the table
below. The private aircraft I used to fly would burn ~ 700 gallons of jet
fuel between Dallas and New York. We normally carried 4-5 passengers. At
the tax rate of $0.218/gallon it would be $152.60 per trip, or $38.15 tax
per passenger. I do not see the airlines collecting anything near that.


That was my typo. I meant the airport trust fund. We are talking
about the same thing.