"James M. Knox" wrote:


Trouble is, while $600 per year may not be bad for a corporate jet that
flies several times a week (or more) in virtually any weather, the rest of
GA is largely "fair weather" fliers. The weather information will be very
useful, potentially even life-saving, but may only really be needed a few
times per year. So you are talking about adding perhaps $150 to the cost
of each of those flights. Pretty steep.

The serious biz jet ranges in cost between $12 and $40 mil. So, the cost of
software is a drop in the pool of business costs and benefits. Also, the
mid-price and upwards, biz jets are serious flying machines, as much so as any
air carrier jet.

OTOH, the typical light aircraft is, relatively speaking, an expensive (albeit
nice, if used carefully) toy.