Shutdown of FAA possible in House, Senate clash

I was always under the impression that GA was the starting point for every pilot who didn't go to the military. Do airline pilots see a chunk of their pay go to these fees? If not, why does it matter who pays for the services? Just wondering...

Why cant the city pick up the bill for all these fancy navigation services? Why do pilots and airlines need to foot the bill? If a city wants an airport, they need to pay for the services.
 
Re: Partial FAA Shutdown at midnight, today (7/22/2011)

jtrain609 said:
17 days off, per month, for the last 2 months, without touching a day of vacation. Suck it! :)
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Plenty of free time for your second job so that you can afford luxuries like... food. :)
 
jtrain609 said:
Not enough, and since that's the case, you should be paying MORE.
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And why is that? The average GA flyer probably never even talks to ATC. I would love to see them due away with gas tax in favor of user fees. I would just avoid using ATC services and save some money.
 
Inverted25 said:
And why is that? The average GA flyer probably never even talks to ATC. I would love to see them due away with gas tax in favor of user fees. I would just avoid using ATC services and save some money.
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Which is the reason why airliners have TCAS systems.
 
Inverted25 said:
And why is that? The average GA flyer probably never even talks to ATC. I would love to see them due away with gas tax in favor of user fees. I would just avoid using ATC services and save some money.
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I do. And I'm usually IFR if in an IFR certified airplane.
 
Inverted25 said:
And that means I should pay more why? Im following the rules using see and avoid.
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To tack onto what I said earlier, all aircraft should be required to have a Mode C transponder installed and turned on at all times, even while in the hangar.
 
Cause the airlines are never at fault. Whoops, well almost never.

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jtrain609 said:
So you cite the accident where see and avoid failed, and created the requirement for TCAS.
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1.) I didn't know I had a position.

2.) You need to check your history. TCA's started popping up everywhere after this accident. Many Stage III TRSA's turned into TCA's too.

3.) TCAS didn't come along for another 25 years.
 
jtrain609 said:
So you cite the accident where see and avoid failed, and created the requirement for TCAS.

Well done, you're doing wonders for your position.
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With the one sided position you're taking today, I must ask...were you military trained and did you build all your time in the military? If not then stop and think, would you be throwing gear and acting on RAs in your ERJ today if it weren't for GA in America?
 
jtrain609 said:
So you cite the accident where see and avoid failed, and created the requirement for TCAS.

Well done, you're doing wonders for your position.
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Seems if the cockpit crew on the 727 would have been just a little more professional 144 people would not have died that day.

Of course I'm just a little GA pilot with 39 years of experience.

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fholbert said:
1.) I didn't know I had a position.

2.) You need to check your history. TCA's started popping up everywhere after this accident. Many Stage III TRSA's turned into TCA's too.

3.) TCAS didn't come along for another 25 years.
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Sorry, my mistake, it was Aeromedico 498 that mandated a requirement for TCAS, not PSA 182.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroméxico_Flight_498

Though TCAS certainly came along before 2003. Most of what I can find says that it was developed in 1981, not 2003.
 
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