Thomas Borchert wrote:

Basically, it is nowhere near as practical as in the US. You haven't
even mentioned IFR time slots for ALL IFR traffic, enroute fees for IFR
traffic with an MTOW of 2 metric tons and above, the requirement to
have an "official observer" present at even the tiniest airfield for it
to be open/usable, landing fees and fuel cost.

Are those just IFR arrival slots, or IFR enroute slots as well?

But still, GA flying is practical and usable for some pilots -
especially if you don't want to go between the major hubs (like Hamburg
and Munich) but rather into the less populated areas of Eastern Germany
and Poland. Many midsize companies have production facilities there and
use GA to get to them.

That makes sense. As I mentioned in my earlier posting, I'd expect to see
much more of that as the EU and its economic influence moves eastward into
the former Soviet Union itself.


All the best,


David