The $55 medical fee

[confusedalot]

Anyone out there figure that the public service is a self serving institution?

Disclosure, I do.

It would be nice to think that these individuals would be at the service of the population, suspect that is not the real situation.

The more you pay, the better it is for them. To the barricades LOL!

[Cat Driver]

One only has to look at what is going on in Venezuela to see what the citizens finally resort to when socialism gets out of hand, Canada could eventually get in the same mess.

[Rockie]

One only has to look at what is going on in Venezuela to see what the citizens finally resort to when socialism gets out of hand, Canada could eventually get in the same mess.

You think paying the administration fees on your own licence is socialism, but getting everybody else to pay for it is not?

[Cat Driver]

You think paying the administration fees on your own licence is socialism, but getting everybody else to pay for it is not?

No, you should get some reading comprehension lessons Rockie.

I said our taxes paid the TC employees to do their job and there were no service fees.

The extra taxes called service fees came to be because the government has become so bloated with drones the taxes have to be raised to pay them.

[Rockie]

While service fees were not charged the debt continued to rise. Service charges helped in their own small way to balancing the budget back then. Excuse me for thinking you were commenting on service fees and not your usual rant against socialism being the end of the world.

[godsrcrazy]

Not sure if this is True. I was told when the doctor signs your license booklet its only Valid for 60 days. With out the sticker transport sends to put in your book your medical is no longer Valid after 60 days. I had a friend that didn't pay and didn't get the sticker. He called transport looking for it. He was told when he pays the $55 they will mail his sticker.

[Rockie]

The stamp, date and signature of your CAME is all you need until your next medical comes due unless there is a change to your status that requires a new sticker. Then you can expect TC to withold it if you aren't paid up.

[HiFlyChick]

So are all of you people that aren't paying the fee actually doing anything about informing TC as to why you aren't paying it? How exactly is one to differentiate between someone who just doesn't pay their bills and someone who is protesting the charge by refusing to pay? If you want to be a rebel or a leader or whatever, make a public statement and be bold about not paying, don't just grouch about it behind an anonymous username and expect the world to know that you are performing an act of civil disobedience....

I remember when the rationale behind the fee was indeed for receiving the AIP - just curious, if at the time the AIP was no longer sent out, TC made an announcement that the fees would now help to pay for maintenance on the AIM and CARs online, would that have been an equivalent reason? (It's not like web site designers/maintainers work for free)

[AirFrame]

I remember when the rationale behind the fee was indeed for receiving the AIP - just curious, if at the time the AIP was no longer sent out, TC made an announcement that the fees would now help to pay for maintenance on the AIM and CARs online, would that have been an equivalent reason? (It's not like web site designers/maintainers work for free)

It could have been, until the CARS left the TC website and went to another government website and became impossible to find anything in.

[HiFlyChick]

It could have been, until the CARS left the TC website and went to another government website and became impossible to find anything in.

The AIM and AIP (such as it is) are still there, as are the CAR stds... and to be accurate, it was impossible to find anything in the CARs on TC's site, too I used to use IE, but the CARs tend to blow it up (and actually, this site pretty much hung on it as well) - they really need to break up the page containing the CARs instead of just linking to headers in the giant file

[MrAviator19]

My understanding is that it's only a TC medical "processing of license" fee. Pay it or not is completely up to you, but a no payment might result in poor credit history down the line. Who knows how all these Government agencies are connected? Better to be safe than sorry.

Besides, people pay "processing fees" for other things in life all the time. One of the biggest BS ones I've come across is when you're getting a new phone. I mean, you just shelled out a few hundred bucks to buy a new phone and/or signed a contract. Now you gotta pay again to ACTIVATE that very contract? Give me a break!

[EPR]

I've only paid it in the last five years as my employer covers the fee, prior to that, I think I owe for at least six years!
Always get the threatening letters but nothing ever comes of it.

[Rockie]

How will you explain that to your boss if they have to pull you off the schedule until you get your license back? Especially if it costs them a bunch of money.

[Cat Driver]

Has anyone ever had their license suspended because they did not pay T.C. the extortion fee?

[Rockie]

Has anyone ever had their license suspended because they did not pay T.C. the extortion fee?

First of all it's not an "extortion fee". Second, while I don't think they can actually suspend a license for that, I think they can refuse to issue a new one. So if you're waiting for a new medical sticker, type rating, endorsement etc, you might have an unpleasant and completely self-induced surprise.

[Cat Driver]

I think they can refuse to issue a new one.

You think?

But you don't know do you?

So let me educate you on this subject.

They can not refuse to issue any new documents because you do not pay their extortion fee.

Their ace in the hole is they can collect it through your income tax returns....but only if you have overpaid your taxes.

[Rockie]

I think they can refuse to issue a new one.

You think?

But you don't know do you?

So let me educate you on this subject.

They can not refuse to issue any new documents because you do not pay their extortion fee.

Their ace in the hole is they can collect it through your income tax returns....but only if you have overpaid your taxes.

If you know so much why are you asking questions? Also could you please provide a reference backing up your certain knowledge, otherwise it's just what you think as well.

[Cat Driver]

Rockie, my opinion is based on logic and common sense.

If T.C. has the power to refuse you documentation that you have qualified for because you have not paid their extortion demand regarding your medical they would have refused thousands of people.

Because there are thousands of incidents over the past years where pilots do not pay their extortion demand.

I am sure happy I am not a socialist.

[switchflicker]

Rockie, my opinion is based on logic and common sense.


I am sure happy I am not a socialist.

But, you are sure happy to live in a socialist country. Driving on socialist roads, using socialist electricity and water and going to socialist hospitals when you are sick. How does that work? Hmmmm.

Seems to me I just read somewhere that you should "Love the county you live in OR Live in the country you love" another Hmmmmmm. Very few people are restrained from leaving the socialist country.

[7ECA]

Rockie, my opinion is based on logic and common sense.


I am sure happy I am not a socialist.

But, you are sure happy to live in a socialist country. Driving on socialist roads, using socialist electricity and water and going to socialist hospitals when you are sick. How does that work? Hmmmm.

Bit of hypocrisy, for sure.