This is why I believe it is totally supply and demand, for those who are unconvinced:
How long would you wait on a Friday night for a taxi in any 'major' big smoke of a city?
In Perth, Darwin and Sydney, I can tell you 1st hand it's a bloody long time, if you get one at all.
When the lard ar$e taxi driver finally rocks up, he gets you to your destination and rushes off to the next job which has been waiting as long as you were. He's probably a nice bloke too, who's snowed under with work. (Every chance he may be an unemployed pilot!)
The regular cab driver doesn't try to cram more than 5 pax into his Falcon, does he? And he gets paid more than the average GA pilot who's operator forces him to overload a C206!
Why? Cause he doesn't need to. He can complain if he's forced to, and he will win, cause there aren't as many aspiring cab drivers waiting to take his place and overload cabs.
Then, at the GA aerodrome the next morning you wouldn't look far to find a hangar being swept by pilots, a 50 hourly being done by pilots, and an office full of pilots working for free.
Occasionally you may not see them cause they may be out flying, but not too often. If they complain, they're out, and next week you'll see the replacement who was pestering the week before last.
Does this illustrate it?
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