Andrew wrote:
You're still missing it, I think. You're thinking "small GA". A $35 fee
is
nothing to "big GA", and it is those large jet-A burners that spend a
serious dollar or two on fuel (and other services, I presume).

That fee keeps pilots out; it's *supposed* to keep [certain] pilots out.
We
use up almost as much space and time as the big guys, buy less than the
big
guys, so we're somewhat undesirable from a commercial perspective.

In a way, this is a good sign: there's enough money to be made in GA, so
the
airports and FBOs are turning away the less profitable business. Sadly,
some of us (ie. me) are a part of that less profitable segment.

- Andrew

Exactly. This is why I posed the question about why a busy GA airport
that is used almost exclusively for light planes and flight training
"needs" to lengthen a 5500 ft runway ("for safety") and whether the small
plane crowd objects. Of course I was ridiculed and someone asked why I
would pose such a question.... My theory meshes with your thoughts: It
seems to me that the FBOs want more repair work, more fuel fees, etc.

The airport doesn't care about noise abatement, city taxes, and maybe,
just maybe, doesn't even care about the current users. They just want the
Net Jets and other fractionals for the benefit of the FBOs.