[opendtv] Re: The Weather and do these people have NO shame?
- From: Mitch Cardwell <mitchrc@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:23:45 -0700
Why should those that never fly pay for weather data for the safety of
those that do? If the airlines want to be in the airline business
they'll have to offer a safe product and they would pony up the money
for the weather data they need. Their prices would rise, but then only
the users of the service pay for it.
I can see the point of the public service value, but I do think that
corporations that use the data should pay for it. If the government
charged corporate users that would probably pay for the service and we
would truly have free weather data.
Mitch
On Apr 26, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Bill Hogan wrote:
> We all pay for it because it saves 1000s of lives each year and
> billions of dollars.....your life included.
> Unless you don't want to know about the wind shear and problems for the
> airlines that YOU fly on.
> bill Hogan
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> Mitch Cardwell wrote:
>
>> I think this is foolish and Santorum is a tool, but I couldn't help
>> but
>> notice your remark: "free weather information is a necessity for
>> many."
>> If it's a necessity then it has value, they ought to pay for it and
>> they are, through their taxes. The problem is, so am I and I have
>> absolutely zero need for it. We paid for the infrastructure, but the
>> Feds could sell that off to a private entity to reimburse us for that
>> and then only those who need weather data would have to pay for it.
>>
>> Why should my tax dollars be funding free weather data for the
>> airlines, tv stations and the Weather Channel?
>>
>> Mitch
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