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So maybe I'm missing something, but how do I, putting around in a 172, cause a delay for a commercial jet? The only way I see GA causing delays for commercial traffic is when they're using the same airport. If that's the case, either have a hefty landing fee for those airports, or make them commercial only.SYSTEM UNFAIRLY TAXES CUSTOMERS LIKE YOU
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the Air Traffic Control System.
Hello Mr. xxxxxx,
Providing the highest quality service to our customers is the guiding principle in everything we do at Delta. But it is difficult for us to provide the level of service you deserve when air traffic in the United States is controlled with pre-WWII methods and technology.
Within a decade, traffic delays will cost the economy $40 billion a year, and you, the customer, a great deal of wasted time. There will be 85% more jets in the sky in the next 15 years—an increase driven largely by corporate jets, fractional jets, air-taxis and very light jets. To an air traffic controller, a jet with a celebrity or a CEO takes as much effort as a commercial flight with 250 passengers. However, the current system is funded almost entirely by the airline ticket tax, meaning that you are paying for nearly 95% of the air traffic system while corporate and private jets get a free ride!
You can help make a difference! Please contact your Congressional representatives and ask them to:
* Quit forcing you to subsidize corporate jets through the current unfair ticket tax
* Support a new cost-based ATC finance structure that will fund the system fairly and enable the FAA to modernize our aging ATC system
Working in a partnership with other airlines, we will do everything we can to continue to improve upon the customer experience. For more information on this initiative, called "Smart Skies," go to smartskies.org/delta. We can make a difference!
The airlines aren't going to make any more money if they get the ticket taxes reduced anyway, since they're all going to cut their own throats with price wars.
CJ
CJ