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Old Nov 23, 2015 | 9:28 am
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Originally Posted by i59bravo
Not really. Whatever cost that AC incurs gets passed on to the customers. Call it an indirect user fee. If the govt starts reimbursing AC for costs, then all taxpayers share the burden, whether they ever set foot on an airplane or not.
Because no non-flyer has ever been killed by someone on an airplane, right?

I think this whole program is a little silly, but "only the passengers benefit" is simply not true.
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