Peter
If we go back 30 35 years GA was in abundance especially in the USA.Many manufacturers churning out a large variety of aircraft for lawyers to Doctors to Joe Blogs in the street.
Infact many of those aircraft still plough the skies.
GA is a form of transport or should be and there lies the problem.
In the USA it was a viable form of travel between the cities often hundreds of miles away and owning an aircraft could assist their working efficiency.
It was not just a leisure hobby!
Now costs and regulations and restrictions have increased so dramatically that I would not like to forecast the Health status of GA in 10 years?
Other than sport flying microlight types I doubt GA will exist in any form that it used to do.
With EASA at the helm I cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel for the future health and expansion of GA in Europe.
Celebrities and Stars have the same free time as most of us but their destinations and aircraft type like the rest of their lifestyles are more exotic
(Private Jet to somewhere hot for the weekend) The costs there are so huge That I often wonder how long that sector of aviation will survive?
Oh well the people carriers for all around Europe??
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 15th Jun 2012 at 09:41.