Mxsmanic wrote:

Owen writes:

Why would they and why should they? That has nothing to do with my point.

What was your point, then?

Companies exist to make money. If they could decrease prices and make more
money they would. There is a reason why it costs so much to build a certified
airplane and there is a reason why costs, including liability, are so
ridiculously high for airplane manufacturers. Remember what happened to the
industry over the past 2+ decades? There is also a reason why so many light
plane producers either went bankrupt, disappeared completely, or are barely
hanging on.