Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoWhen Americans Fly Economy, They're Actually Paying for Someone Else to Fly Privatefiles.catbox.moevideomessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1videoWhen Americans Fly Economy, They're Actually Paying for Someone Else to Fly Privatefiles.catbox.moeDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square105linkfedilink
minus-squarePennomi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoPer-passenger is a stupid way to charge this tax because the service provided is per-plane. The math in this video checks out, even when spreading the costs over all the passengers of a larger plane.
minus-squareDrunkEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoA lot of the FAA fee is used to fund the various airport facilities, so yes it does make sense to charge on per-passenger basis.
minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThey weren’t saying the tax should be levied per passenger, only that the tax structure as it stands probably already scales well if you calculate per passenger.
Per-passenger is a stupid way to charge this tax because the service provided is per-plane.
The math in this video checks out, even when spreading the costs over all the passengers of a larger plane.
A lot of the FAA fee is used to fund the various airport facilities, so yes it does make sense to charge on per-passenger basis.
They weren’t saying the tax should be levied per passenger, only that the tax structure as it stands probably already scales well if you calculate per passenger.