FAA to start charging for online charts..... :(

[Ben Cap 89]

http://www.change.org/petitions/federal-aviation-administration-dont-charge-for-online-charts?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=friends_wallSign the petition and lets get a movement started!!

[landingksea 0]

Signed.

[MrKen 3]

signed

[fakeflyer737 945]

Pff Navigraph already does....where is the petition for that :D

[ccarter06 3]

Signed. As a member of the sim community and as RW pilot.

Pff Navigraph already does....where is the petition for that :D

It is likely that those navigraph fees will go up when this takes effect. They may be unavailable for a time while this is being worked out in the pits of bureaucracy.

[Mean Aerodynamic Chord 269]

Pff Navigraph already does....where is the petition for that :D

Agreed!

http://www.change.or...rm=friends_wallSign the petition and lets get a movement started!!

Signed.

[Thomas Fiore 0]

Don't forget to like it on FB so your friends sign it too.

[4116705510 4]

Don't forget to like it on FB so your friends sign it too.

Too bad for many of us, lots of friends think we're weird...

[MVelasquez 12]

Signed

[JSkorna 137]

OMG, some other organization charging a hosting fee. I guess their servers cost money too?

[ubersu 78]

OMG, some other organization charging a hosting fee. I guess their servers cost money too?

The point isn't the fee Jim - it's cutting off service to individuals that is painful. I find it especially so for government data that we already pay for. DJ

[JSkorna 137]

For my understanding, is there something in the tax laws or something pertaining to the FAA that states that all their data should be free?When I go here: http://faacharts.faa.gov/Catalog.aspx?a=AERO+NOS+CONTROLLER everything costs something so I am not sure what the issue is. Is the issue that something that once was free to anyone might now have a charge attached to it?

[Geofa 108]

Shouldn't everything be free ??..as long as someone else pays for it??

[RedSpinnaker 35]

Until I see this on, or get an e-mail from, AOPA... Not going to worry about it.

[ronzie 21]

The Freedom of Information Act states that non-secure information be made available. It does not state that it has to be free to obtain.FAA publications like flight manuals are sold by the GPO and book stores as well. They already designate agents to sell the terminal procedure type books.This goes along with user fees charged at airports to pay the cost of FAA staff and operating expenses.Maybe it should be suggested to them that they make slightly outdated information available in volumes (digital) at greatly reduced cost for computer training purposes only.