Robin
The Airlines are not the issue with VHF comms but the next thing down the line will be the taxation of another radio band, so lets just look at what you could tax.
Weather radar.
DME.
Radio Altimiter.
HF.
Most airliners are now carrying one Weather radar, Two Rad Alts, Five DME's and at least one HF.
All of these could attract the new tax.......... this is why we need to impress on the airlines that they should help us fight this rubbish now and not let OFCOM drive in the thin end of the taxation wedge.