In rec.aviation.piloting Le Chaud Lapin wrote:

It is my belief that a software-controlled PAV, with the features
outlined by NASA/CAFE/PAV would allow an

increase the GA population by an order of magnitude (at least)

because the machine would be easier to fly, etc.

There is nothing particularly difficult about flying an GA aircraft VFR;
7 year old kids have learned to do it.

Lots of people want to fly but are put off by the cost, lots more than
are put off by any preceived difficulty in learning.

Your basic premise is utter nonsense and naive.

Gee-whiz components will just drive the cost of flying up, further
reducing the pilot population.

And don't even bother with you childish blather about "commodities"
as the mass market has to exist BEFORE something can become a
commodity.

The GA population would first have to increase by about 2 orders of
magnitude before airplanes could become anything near a commodity.

--
Jim Pennino

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