Originally Posted by
IO540
Not free, GC. Subsidised.
Fair do's
Originally Posted by
IO540
The problem with Europe is that it doesn't have any frequent flyers. There aren't enough airfields, there aren't anywhere near enough airfields with instrument approaches (essential for business travel), and the IR (essential for business travel) has never been as hard to get as it is now.
Could this not be because of the exceedingly high prices compared to further afieled? And over kill on regulations? Especialy in the UK.
As for the IR...it certainly is not cheap to obtain..the worst part is the up keep of it..at least in the U.S you are not going to pay to keep to practice instrument approaches (I am not sure if this is a correct assumption).
All I am saying is..with the high costs of landing an SEP in the UK I think it is a bit much to charge for switching on some runway lights.