Quote Originally Posted by Taipan
Airline companies should be careful about bragging about "being the safest way to travel".

It's true from a pure immediate safety perspective.

But let's not forget that, due to an obsolete international law, airlines are still benefitting from tax-free fuel.

That's right....

While you pay around 50% to 80% tax on your car gas, airlines don't pay a dime worldwide.

Though airplanes are the worst ever mean of travel and atmosphere damaging system, based on pollution generated per mile per traveler.

There isn't a single mean of travel as polluting, even Hummers, as an airplane, mpg wise.

Impose fuel taxes on airplane cargos, especially the ones flying from SE Asia to EU and US to carry Intel chips, Samsung phones, Apple Ipods, Nintendo WIIs, and the whole Globalization will look WAY DIFFERENT.

Suddenly hi-tech conglomerates will stop considering outsourcing to SE Asia because the airline fuel penalty would be so harsh.

Airline tax-free fuel : probably one of the biggest scam/ripoff ever....
In the same league as tobacco companies : "smoking doesn't kill, serious..."

You want to keep your jobs in your country ?
Fight for Air Travel CO2 taxes, so they pay as the one you pay for your private car gas...

But forget about travelling to Thailand for USD 500 return, cause real life will catch up on you.

/salute
Sorry but this is incorrect - USA and Australia both charge fuel taxes to airlines. In fact in Asutralia, the fuel tax has been increased 6 times since 2004.