Idea for Funding ATC

[westslopeco]

<sarcasm on>

Last night I came up with a way the FAA could fund ATC without user fees. Why not sell ad space that would be broadcast as part of the ATIS!!!!!!! A short ad in the begining of the broadcast. Just think, you have a captive audience. How many times a day does a pilot have to listen to an ATIS broadcast? In fact they could sell ad space on all the AWOS broadcasts too. Maybe they could fund the whole FAA this way!!!!

 

[HPNPilot1200]

"...advise on initial contact you have Foxtrot..............you've just won a free cruise to Cancun, for more information click the mic 5 times to get an e-mail sent where you can enter your address and credit card details.............to receive a text message of the next clearance you're about to receive, press the IDENT button now..............information Foxtrot time one niner five six zulu weather, wind...."

 

[Sticky1]

"...advise on initial contact you have Foxtrot..............you've just won a free cruise to Cancun, for more information click the mic 5 times to get an e-mail sent where you can enter your address and credit card details.............to receive a text message of the next clearance you're about to receive, press the IDENT button now..............information Foxtrot time one niner five six zulu weather, wind...."

Hummmmm,

Thought I caught that at DXR last week......

 

[HPNPilot1200]

Hummmmm,

Thought I caught that at DXR last week......

If you did, I wouldn't doubt it.

 

[RMCN172RG]

They used to have that on the land line for the ATIS at PTK. Since tradewinds closed I don't know if the ad was removed or replaced.

 

[nosehair]

What - is that your face in your picture?

 

[stingray]

Who listens to ATIS other than pilots. It would be a pilot that would be buying product from the advertizer. Money still comes out of pilots pocket. Only thing is he has useless stuff rather than nothing. Still doesn't have any money.

Dan

 

[colomtnflyer]

"...advise on initial contact you have Foxtrot..............you've just won a free cruise to Cancun, for more information click the mic 5 times to get an e-mail sent where you can enter your address and credit card details.............to receive a text message of the next clearance you're about to receive, press the IDENT button now..............information Foxtrot time one niner five six zulu weather, wind...."

This is hilarious!

There is a really nice female controller in KCOS who ends each of her ATIS recordings with "...and thanks for flying Colorado Springs!"

That's all I need to hear to make me want to return to a particular airport!

And without a doubt, some of the finest advertising $$$ spent is by FLOWER AVIATION at KPUB (Pueblo, Co.). They hire some very hot babes who wear next to nothing as they marshall you in for parking and fuel. Can't say as I've ever seen anyone get out of their aircraft without a smile on their face... (Myself included!)