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[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 69 points 1 week ago

Could any kind soul provide a TL;DW for those of us who can't watch a video (for whatever reason)?

[-] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 136 points 1 week ago
  • Tickets for flights are taxed at 7.5% to pay for the FAA
  • Average flight with many passengers pays over $2,300 per flight
  • Private jets don't have tickets to be taxed, are only taxed on fuel
  • Private jets pay an average of about $60 in FAA fees
  • Private jets take up about 7% of the FAA's resources, but only make up a fraction of a percent of the revenue
  • Thus when you pay the FAA fees on your economy class ticket, you're subsidizing operating the FAA for private jet flights, that don't pay enough to cover their costs.
[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

So not really the flights themselves, just the regulation overseeing the flights.

[-] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The FAA gathers taxes per person, not per plane. So a commercial flight has every single passenger paying, while a private jet only pays for a few people. That’s a difference of about $2300 for a commercial flight, vs about $60 for a private jet. Private flights make up about 7% of air travel, but contribute less than a tenth of a percent in taxes. But the air traffic controllers aren’t handling individual people; They’re handling planes. So private jets fund the ATC a lot less than commercial flights, even though they have just as much need.

This video says Canada taxes planes based on weight rating and distance traveled. So larger planes that can carry heavier loads (more people) get taxed more, while smaller planes (private jets) get taxed less. But they’re proportionally paying the same in taxes, instead of the rich people paying less.

[-] tychosmoose@piefed.social 15 points 1 week ago

There are long standing problems with this. Not sure of the exact point of the video, but here is an older article with some info: https://www.newsweek.com/why-are-private-jets-being-subsidized-you-and-me-641890

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Corporate jets use almost $1 billion of air traffic control resources, they only contribute around $200 million in fuel taxes, letting commercial passengers pick up their tab.

Generally, corporate jets are exempt from the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air transportation tax, a fee on the number of passengers and amount of cargo transported, which funds 95 percent of ATC operations.

The maintenance and improvement of the ATC system's equipment and infrastructure is paid through the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF), which is made up of excise taxes collected on aviation fuel, passenger transport and use of international air facilities.

[-] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

It is in the wrong format anyway. Stop vertical video syndrome.

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