"JH" == Jay Honeck writes:

You fail to take several things into account. In North America,
private planes are a viable and often necessary method of
transport because of the distances and the lack of other
transport methods in some areas.

JH This is totally and categorically false. Outside of Alaska,
JH private airplanes are not "necessary" for transportation in
JH America at all.

Uh, Jay. *North* America. That includes Canada and Mexico and, yes,
Alaska.