It would be interesting find out what a fair landing fee might be from both sides of the fence. One would need to discount the views of airfields that what to price out GA for whatever reason at the top end of the spectrum, and the tight fisted GA pilot who resents any type of landing fee at the other. How would one price the "right" price, especially where taking Coventry as an example, they are open anyway and the facilities are there anyway; what is the marginal cost of say a Cessna 172 landing there, plus a reasonable level of profit. Any operators care to venture an opinion?
On the flip side, what do we as pilots have to gauge reasonableness of cost. A days car parking in London, what £30?
It does occur to me however you look at it, anyone charging say £10 for a decent tarmac place like Coventry, is probably cheap; it probably cost them getting on for that just to administer the rendering of the invoice, especially if one pays by credit card.
What do we as a GA community think, as a nationally excepted landing charge might not be a bad thing - perhaps.
