Mooneymite Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 From AIN: ....Further, the reauthorization bill will allow the FAA to charge a manual surcharge “for certain matters conducted in person” and prevents a government shutdown from affecting the registry. It also directs the FAA to initiate a rulemaking by early February that would extend the duration of general aviation aircraft registrations from three years to seven. https://connect.ainonline.com/ainalerts-november-14-2018?ecid=ACsprvuUW446QPUBJ8j3hIx8qkwTbqMyCeZaP3Cy7aps21ZRFhTKM7S6OEHy0w2aIQERwhdU41MS&utm_campaign=AIN Alerts&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=67512358&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_DhoJPHNToa0JHpND4z7f6xmdj0ts3cTxyIUhJRy-IZLON831Jvumrapj0VqpnVczwRwW37WdQuQQpefjZYws1shiaXQ&_hsmi=67512358 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Yes this will be good. I think the reason for going to 3 years has been achieved. I remember they wanted to get a number of old registrations of derelict aircraft off the registration rolls. Now that we have gone through few 3 year cycles we can extend the registration period to a more reasonable period. I would have used an even number like 6, 8 or 10 years. Registrations used to be good until canceled by the owner or the aircraft was sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steingar Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 Yeah, 7 years sounds a bit more reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneymite Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 I was (and still am) suspicious that this was ultimately aimed at facilitating a federal tax on aircraft ownership. $5 is just the camel's nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneymite Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 9 minutes ago, steingar said: Yeah, 7 years sounds a bit more reasonable. Until we find that three years for $5 morphs into bigger bucks fot 7 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steingar Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mooneymite said: Until we find that three years for $5 morphs into bigger bucks fot 7 years. Can't disagree, but it was inevitable. Americans are inured to paying money to "register" vehicles. We're pretty lucky we can fly under the radar and pay $5. how much did you pay to register your car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob865 Posted November 15, 2018 Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 56 minutes ago, steingar said: Can't disagree, but it was inevitable. Americans are inured to paying money to "register" vehicles. We're pretty lucky we can fly under the radar and pay $5. how much did you pay to register your car? Well....I don't know about mooneymite, but I only paid $20 to register my car. But I did have to pay a $500 tax BEFORE was allowed to register my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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