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 Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:25 am Post subject: It was fun while it lasted. FAA to charge for "free" charts |
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On 11/17/2011 6:55 AM, Doug Doty wrote:
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As I read, the biggest impact is actually on the folks like Foreflight, WingXand likely Adventure Pilot's IFLY 700 as they actually have no cost in the raw data they are gathering and repackaging for sale in their products, so that will be passed on to their customers as increased cost. I guess it was in fact " Fun while it lasted " I use foreflight and am considering a switch to WingX Pro next time and I will continue to pay the higher prices for convienence in the future. It is hard to justify why these should be provided free while the cost of such is covered by the tax payers.
I find the comment troubling. That same line of thought could be
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applied to 'user fees'. The paper charts have not been free (at least
to me .... I get some from my airline friends) since I got my private.
As I understand it, the proposal is to limit access to the DIGITAL data
online. There is no extra cost associated with the digital data.
However, the proposal is to make the digital data only made available to
companies (as yet unnamed but the list is short) and individual access
denied.
| Quote: | I just think this cost should be reasonable and just.
I agree, but the same argument could be made for user fees.
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