Originally Posted by
cellist
...Congress again is proposing an increase in passenger facility charges from the current $4.50 to $7 per flight segment. This increase means airline customers would pay an additional $2 billion in taxes per year - an average of $112 per trip for a family of four.
Let's see: at $2.50 per segment, $112 is 44 segments, or 11 segments per person. The average trip has 5 segments each way?
The way I read that, it would generate an additional $2 billion in taxes per year, bringing the average
total to $112 per trip for a family of four (not an average increase of $112).
Using that assumption, 16 segments are needed at $7 per segment to make $112. That makes it 4 segments per person for a family of four, or 2 segments each way, which I imagine is indeed typical.