"Jose" wrote in message
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I don't understand the question. The fees at large commercial airports
are very much higher than fees elsewhere

I never said they weren't.

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The high fees serve as a deterrent

I never said they didn't.

- to a sufficent extent that most spam cans avoid the airport.

Um...isn't that what "deterrent" means? If "spam cans" didn't avoid the
airport, it wouldn't be much of a deterrent, would it?

Long taxiways do not act as strongly as a deterrent (though I've taxiied
for more than an hour at Dulles - I was glad I was on tach time and not
hobbs!).

Spending an hour taxiing isn't a deterrent for you? Um, okay.

While the exec who flies his jet into the city for an important meeting
can justify a hundred dollar landing fee, the small business owner who is
also a pilot and flies a 172 is likely to have a much harder time
justifying it. He's likely to fly elsewhere and take a cab, even if it
takes a bit longer.

"Likely not to" and "banned" are two completely different things.

Frankly, your post is simply supporting my point (well, the point I now
have, given that my question was met with zero supporting evidence regarding
the claim of "banned"). Light GA aircraft DO use the largest Class B
airports. They are NOT banned at all. If there's a good enough reason to
use the airport, they are used.

I guarantee that there is a price at which light GA aircraft would never use
a large Class B. It's at this price point which I'd consider light GA
aircraft to be "effectively banned". Below that price point, they are not
banned; they are simply discouraged, with the market showing exactly how
much landing at that airport is worth to a certain group of light GA pilots.

Pete