Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!stanford From: stanford@ssc-vax.UUCP (Stanford N Payzer) Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Test cost ?? Message-ID: <404@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 20:55:52 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.404 Posted: Wed Feb 6 20:55:52 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 05:38:58 EST References: <10400013@hpfcmt.UUCP> <20628@lanl.ARPA> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 17 Why are we pilots so accepting of the idea that we should pay money, as users, to help regulation of aviation. What I am getting at here is that automobile drivers and highway users don't have to pay for their test to obtain an operator license. People who drive across the Canadian or Mexican border don't pay a fee for the privilege of being abused by customs. Nothing is free, but in the case of ground transportation, general revenues pay for these services in the recognition of the public benefit obtained by having such transportation available (yes, I know about autogas taxes but we pay avgas tax already.) This is also a major theme of AOPA. Now let's all write our congresspersons and demand equal treatment. {allegra, cornell,decvax,ihnp4,tektronix,sdcvax,utcsrgv,largo,lento}! ==> uw-beaver!ssc-vax!stanford -- {allegra, cornell,decvax,ihnp4,tektronix,sdcvax,utcsrgv,largo,lento}! ==> uw-beaver!ssc-vax!stanford