On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 13:09:40 -0700, Richard Riley
wrote:

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

Oh, but over a few years the impact would be tremendous. It you think
the airlines have problems now, just wait.

The military no longer is capable of filling the airline's need for
pilots. If GA folds the impact on the industry as a whole will be
catastrophic.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com