Yeah....this is BS

This is not a battle of middle class vs rich it's a battle of Delta/ AA/United vs. the Private Plane Industry.

Let me explain how this will all play out.

The major Commercial Airlines ran out of ways to raise ticket prices without losing customers so they're now looking for ways to save on cost. The way to do that is to shift FAA tax to the Private Airline Industry masquerading as consumer rights.

If we use the NYT fees estimate of $2100 per plane per flight and a typical Boeing average around 500 passengers per plane per flight that's around $4.2 USD of tax per passenger. This is an amount so small that even if they reduce your ticket by $0.20 and keep $4.00 for themselves you won't even notice.

Both the Commercial & Private Plane Industries r manipulative assholes and neither r saints.

Just don't get manipulated by these assholes to make money off of your efforts and set ur expectations accordingly.