Where less is more.
If Wagga's Witless Wonder really wanted to 'help' there are a couple of things which would really help that could be done right now, with no one getting a haircut.
Drop the iniquitous 'fuel levy' and reduce the tax on fuel at the pump. More flying gets done, so more fuel is used, so the books stay balanced. The 'levy' was imposed to bail CASA out when the FAA audit provided a 'need' for CASA to pick up it's game. They had their money – a one off we were told – yet that impost still remains. High cost fuel, through tax makes operating cost prohibitive. Less equals more.
Medical application $75 – outrageous – ASIC $300 – risible; there is a long, long list of essential items for which government puts it's hand into the pocket of industry. This all adds to the cost of getting an aircraft into the air and 'earning' taxable revenue. As it stands aviation is taxed before, during and after operation. This restricts expansion and reduces the number of hours flown. So why starve the goose so it only lays one golden egg a year, when with a little more corn it could lay many?
McCormack couldn't hit the side of the barn with a shovel full of shit, with the wind behind it; blind, stupid and insulting. Maybe he thinks we are all like that.
Toot – toot.
If Wagga's Witless Wonder really wanted to 'help' there are a couple of things which would really help that could be done right now, with no one getting a haircut.
Drop the iniquitous 'fuel levy' and reduce the tax on fuel at the pump. More flying gets done, so more fuel is used, so the books stay balanced. The 'levy' was imposed to bail CASA out when the FAA audit provided a 'need' for CASA to pick up it's game. They had their money – a one off we were told – yet that impost still remains. High cost fuel, through tax makes operating cost prohibitive. Less equals more.
Medical application $75 – outrageous – ASIC $300 – risible; there is a long, long list of essential items for which government puts it's hand into the pocket of industry. This all adds to the cost of getting an aircraft into the air and 'earning' taxable revenue. As it stands aviation is taxed before, during and after operation. This restricts expansion and reduces the number of hours flown. So why starve the goose so it only lays one golden egg a year, when with a little more corn it could lay many?
McCormack couldn't hit the side of the barn with a shovel full of shit, with the wind behind it; blind, stupid and insulting. Maybe he thinks we are all like that.
Toot – toot.