View Full Version : UK Gov to charge "Air TAX"
spitfire747
1st Sep 2003, 16:34
Top UK Govt officials are thinking or planning a TAX on airlines for flying in the air... more cost to push up the cost of flying.. is this yet another potential nail in the coffin of my dream to be a pilot ??
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-12756540,00.html
PAXboy
1st Sep 2003, 18:12
They are listed in the Sky article as, "Government-funded, but independent" Yeah right. Since when did any govt pay people to say things they did not agree with? Therefore, I think that they could be dangerous.
Any organisation that publishes a 'report' into aviation should check that it's very name is not going to be met with a mixture of amusement / dismay / ridicule.
They are called: Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT)
Fantastic!! Let's seem them bury themselves in the terrain. :E
ExSimGuy
3rd Sep 2003, 22:15
To follow up on the various ways "our illustrious leaders" tax the **** out of air travel already - http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99964
LGS6753
4th Sep 2003, 06:05
If you vote in a socialist government, you must expect to have the @rse taxed off you.
After all, they know much better how your money should be spent than you do...
Noah Zark.
4th Sep 2003, 07:08
I have to agree with LGS6753. Since Yogi Blair's Bandits have been in power, we have (and are being) taxed into penury.
It happens every time they get into power, without fail. When will Joe Public ever learn?
maxy101
4th Sep 2003, 18:46
I think 60 % of Joe Public did learn, thatīs why they didnīt vote for them!!
Iron City
4th Sep 2003, 22:03
Fat lot of good that did here in US...most people didn't vote for G.W. and he is in there anyway.
Iron City -
Stop griping, you're paying a lot less tax as a result.
PAXboy
5th Sep 2003, 20:11
It happens every time they get into power, without fail. They all do the same thing!! During the Tories last fun and games over 18 years - the tax burden increased significantly. They also started the idea of reducing Income Tax and increasing indirect taxes to make it look as if we were being taxed less. This affected the pensioners and those on fixed incomes the most.
I voted for neither bunch and will have nothing to do with them. :mad: