[Qbert]

Hope you're not planning on going anywhere...

[New Jersey Realist]

I support this action. Those who use services should pay for it - not the rest of us.

[In Maryland]

I’d be willing to pay an extra $5 per trip if they did away with the TSA!

[formosa]

The airlines should be angry about this. It’s just another reason not to fly and a systematic destruction of another American industry.

[circlecity]

"New fees are sure to trigger strong opposition from airlines and other aviation groups who argue that the industry is already over-taxed and over-regulated."

But I'm sure the video-conferencing industry is all for it.....

[Piranha]

It was just a week or two ago that the FAA implemented a new policy to prohibit airlines from breaking out taxes and fees separately on top of their fares. Spirit Airlines publicly objected, saying that once taxes were hidden the government would waste no time in introducing new airline taxes.

I think even they would be surprised at how quickly and brazenly this was done.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[cicero2k]

Every mode of transport has some kind of government subsidy because the flow of goods and services at market prices is what drives the economy.

Of course, airline travellers are not in zero’s core support base; probably the opposite. So this group is to get taxed.

Did zero come out with some spending decreases lately? Besides the military and NASA.