On Sep 10, 2:09*am, Mxsmanic wrote:
Mark writes:
Relatively speaking the price of an airplane today
is much higher than they were in the 1970's as
compared to the value of a dollar and average wages
back then. *And really, if you look at the price of
complex automobiles with all the bells and whistles
there really is no justification for planes to be priced
so high. There just isn't that much more technology
or material.

A shrinking market,

Why do you think the market is shrinking? I think it's
growing.

ever-increasing potential liability in a society obsessed
by frivolous litigation

With insurance I just can't see this being a factor that
would drive up the price of planes, and really do you
suppose that many pilots find themselves as defendents?

and the high cost of certification probably all
contribute to the prices of airplanes.

How so? Yes certification is expensive but that money
goes to the flight school.

These factors are absent or nearly
absent for automobiles,

Wait a second. I would dare say that MANY lawsuits
stem from car related incidents and FEW lawsuits are
incurred (proportionally speaking) with private pilots in
single engine planes.

which have a huge, expanding market, relatively
insignificant liability issues in relation to the market size, and virtually
no certification requirements.

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Mark