There are a lot of valid points being made here. For our family, at this
time in our lives, flying and airplane ownership is where we choose to spend
our "play" money. We have no vacation home, no time-share, no RV, no
motorcycles or four-wheelers, no boat, no antique cars or tractors, no
season tickets to any sporting event, no swimming pool, no skiing or lift
tickets, no gym memberships, nor many of the other recreational niceties
that seem so popular albeit possibly less expensive. In fact, these were
some of the very reasons that we decided that we could afford airplane
ownership.

Like many things in life, when costs increase, it becomes a matter of A) do
you really need it? and B) if you don't need it, how bad do you really want
it?

The biggest change that I see in my personal flying is that we simply don't
pull the Aztec out for many $300 hamburgers, instead we'll wait and go on
longer flights less often.

Jim