Originally Posted by
Pittsextra
I think that actually the root of this is more likely to be found in an overly onerous and costly AOC process than in any other place
Around ten years ago, the airlines, in particular BA, complained that they were paying too much in fees - shortly after that, over a 2-3 year period, AOC fees for the small operators almost tripled and that was in the middle of the biggest recession in a 100 years.