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Airlines may not pay tax on fuel, but who pays for ATC in this country? It certainly isn't G/A. Oh that's right, it's paid for by the airlines........ F3G, you might not, but I certainly whinge about how much tax we have to pay on AVGAS, one of the reasons we are just about to get a diesel machine.
If you re-read my post that first mentions tax on avgas, you will see that I used it as an analogy to parody WWWs ludicrous comments about a PPLs use of training fixes causing a disaster. Having consulted to major airlines, I am aware of their contribution towards ATC and for that matter the airport and pax taxes too.
Other than that, I tend to agree with everything else that you say.