Hey this is kind of interesting:

I started flying in 1990, and the annual fees then were $40 per year. The change in price this year represents a 20% rate increase over last year. The total accumulative rate from when I started in 1990 to present is 45% increase.

However if you break that 45% over a period of 12 years you get 3.15% increase average per year. which is really close to the annual figure used by economists for average inflation rate. Albeit strange that they really had to ramp up the last year to catch up to that average. Maybe they have some high powered accountants on staff that figured this out. Aren't they planning on moving the headquarters to the Cayman Islands?

It is still far cheaper than golf, and it sucks justs as bad when you put your plane in a water hazard.

Dan