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Tim Olson
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 Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:52 am Post subject: OT: Your N-Number's gonna cost you |
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Don't know if people follow AvWeb news but with the FAA bill
now not including user fees, there are some changes that
affect you as a builder, and a pilot.
In general, I'm not surprised by this, and if they're going to have
fees, these at least make more sense. I've always wondered why the
FAA registration fees were so cheap and the state stuff was way
more expensive. I mean, for the small amount I spent to get my
N-Number and register the plane, I don't know how they paid their
people (oh yeah, taxes.  )
But anyway, check out the schedule of fees:
http://www.avweb.com/newspics/FAA_service_fees.pdf
You'll now have to pay a lot more to get a special N-Number
and if you reserve it, you'll spend a lot more to keep it
reserved. So if you're currently within 6-12 months of
needing that number, it might be a good time to get it over
with.
The one fee that does bug me from the list is the $42 for
the issuance of a medical. The medical is given to you from
your AME if I remember right. If Oklahoma isn't issuing it,
I don't think $42 is appropriate at all, considering you still
have to pay your AME. Now, if they would make a flat-rate
$100 or something for the AME charge plus medical, that
would be another story.
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Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
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poneill(at)irealms.com
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:22 am Post subject: OT: Your N-Number's gonna cost you |
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Hmm... If passed, when do the new rates take effect? Immediately? Or upon
some future date?
Patrick Oneill #40715
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Tim Olson
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:34 am Post subject: OT: Your N-Number's gonna cost you |
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I haven't seen that discussed at all. It could be a while I'd
think, but you never know. We'll just have to see how it
goes. The sure thing though is if you are actually able
to get your N-number applied and registered right now, it might
be a good idea. You'd have to be near the end of the build,
but there are probably many (dozens and dozens) that could benefit
from quick action.
Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
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Patrick ONeill wrote:
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Hmm... If passed, when do the new rates take effect? Immediately? Or upon
some future date?
Patrick Oneill #40715
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orchidman
Joined: 10 Jul 2006
Posts: 277
Location: Oklahoma City - KRCE
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: Re: OT: Your N-Number's gonna cost you |
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| poneill(at)irealms.com wrote: | Hmm... If passed, when do the new rates take effect? Immediately? Or upon
some future date?
Patrick Oneill #40715
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The answer is what ever it says in the final signed bill.
HOWEVER there are several ways to look at this at this point in time. The airlines pushed what in the Senate bill? Fees for using ATC which would lower their total cost of doing business and push out some of the other traffic that they claim gets in their way. Most of that was squashed.
In the House we are not hearing much about ATC fees but now some in DC are pushing user fees for interfacing with the FAA. How will this impact the airlines? BIG time. At over a hundred a pop for Registration, Dealer Certificates, Certificates, Lien Recordings and Legal opinions, this is going to add some big bucks to the FAA’s till. The volume in these areas is very high.
As far as the medical, unless you need a first class certificate, you are only going to be sending a piece of paper to the FAA every 2 or 3 years. Don’t think this will generate the cash like the Registration fees would.
The fees probably need to be increased but all at once is a bit excessive. With the airlines and many others against this, we may only see a fraction or none of these proposed increases. If I remember correctly, these fees have been hanging around for over a year. Maybe we need to kick AOPA’s butt to get them to change their mind about the House bill. Some of the warts need to be chopped off!
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