"Richard Riley" wrote in message ...
On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:45:30 GMT, Shiver Me Timbers
wrote:

: Richard Riley wrote:
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: it won't mean the end of GA.
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:Well an interesting question would be....
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:What would the financial impact be, not only in the US but in most
ther countries of the World if GA was stopped cold in the US.
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:Airplane manufactures..... how many in US how many worldwide.
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:How many employess would it affect in just the US.
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:Unemployed people don't pay taxes, neither do closed manufacturing
:facilities.
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:Then there is the spin off manufacturing companies, Teledyne, King
:avionics.... well you get the picture.
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:Those airports.... Oh what would they do with all those empty airports.
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:Empty of people that is.
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:And the list goes on and on and on.
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:From the lady frying up $100 hamburgers, to the mechanic on the line.
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:And all those fuel sales that won't get made.
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:Local, State, and Federal taxes.
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:What would the financial impact be if General Aviation were stopped
:cold in it's tracts.

Not much. Most small airports don't make money for the municipalities
that own them. The number of jobs they support is low, especially
when compared to the value of the land. Financially speaking, most
small airports would make more for the community if they were closed
and turned into housing or industrial parks.

That's why so many cities want to close them, and it's so hard to keep
them open.

There aren't a significant number of manufacturing jobs, a few 10's of
thousands at the most.

The biggest hit would be in making it harder to get trained pilots for
the airlines - but that can be overcome.

Yes, it would be a hit to the economy. EVERYTHING is a hit to the
economy. How many more people would be employed if recreational drugs
were legal? Or if the drinking age were lowered to 18, or smoking was
allowed in California bars? If you really want to see an employment
boom, legalize prostitution. Employment and economic factors are the
only thing that decides this stuff.

If a small plane kill ONE politician, most politicians will vote to
outlaw them. If a small plane kills 100 children, the outcry will be
unstoppable. You think the woman who sells $100 hamburgers, an A&P, a
CFI or a Bonanza owner is going to get more press than 200 grieving
parents?



Hmmm, so freedom sucks, eh? The best part of the USA that we can continue to use our aircraft