"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"S Narayan" wrote in message
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| This would be the typical answer from a GA pilot. For the vast majority
of
| non-pilots (which is reality), they have NOTHING to lose by shutting
down
| GA.

It would be more accurate to say that the general public does not know
what
they would lose by shutting down GA.

Agreed.


If they shut down GA, most of the general public would have no idea why
they
have no jobs, why they can't get their mail, why their doctor or lawyer or
CPA can no longer serve them, why their forests are burning down, why
their
seafood suddenly has become more valuable than gold in the few places it
is
still available, why children are suddenly dying of cancer, etc. The
public
would just blame it on bad handling of "the economy," whatever that is.


Let's not forget crop dusters, aerial surveying, photography, pipeline
patrolling etc..
So there goes the cheap, plentiful food from agriculture, more fires and
less security.
Less tourism to some of the more inaccessible locales.
In addition, Alaska might as well be boarded up.