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United States Pilots Association |
If you think Canada has “successful” user fees, consider the report that annual fees paid by Canada’s private pilots would go from a current $72 (Canadian) to up to $1,272 under a proposal from Nav Canada. Daily fees would apply for the first time each day an aircraft departs from any of the eight major airports in Canada: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Halifax. The fees would be in addition to the $72 annual fee currently required, and would begin to phase in next September, with hikes each year through 2008. Nav Canada is under pressure from the airlines to make private aviators pay more, according to COPA.
Write your Congressmen. No user fees in the U.S.!
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association