FAA Programs Bill

[hawkerjock]

FAA programs bill is being passed as we speak. General aviation fuel will now be taxed at a rate of $.36/gallon. Get your Avcard warmed up.

 

[Rick James]

Got a link?

 

[BoilerUP]

This isn't really new news, its been debated for at least the last 3 years.

Personally, I'd rather pay a higher fuel tax than face ATC user fees.

 

[G4G5]

It increases fuel taxes on private aircraft from 22 cents per gallon to 36 cents, including business jets, to help pay for shifting the aging radar-based air traffic network to one relying on satellites.

http://www.forexpros.com/news/gener...te-approves-massive-aviation-blueprint-126821

The bill also:

* Raises the minimum number of hours of flying experience an airline co-pilot must have from 250 hours to 800.

* Bans pilots from using personal electronic devices in the cockpit, a response to an incident last October in which pilots of a Northwest Airlines plane flew more than 100 miles past their destination of Minneapolis while they were working on their laptops.

* Doubles to twice a year the frequency of FAA inspections of foreign aircraft repair and maintenance stations that work on U.S. planes.

* Contains a "passenger bill of rights" that would require airlines to provide food, water and other amenities to passengers kept waiting on tarmacs and give them the opportunity to deplane after a three-hour wait.

That would give legal status to Transportation Department rules adopted in December that also limited tarmac waits to three hours and fine airlines up to $27,500 per passenger for violations.