“Short Final” brought back memories this AM. August, 1979, Cessna-172, long X/C toward my Commercial License (Y17-CYSB-KART-KLGA), to visit a friend in Queens. Cruising down the Hudson toward what was then a Class 1 TCA. New York Approach asked me the same question - if I knew what the KLGA
landing fee was. When he informed me it was $50, I changed my destination to KFLU ($50 was a lot of money back then). Not only great controllers, but good people, too!