If there were 25 million active GA pilots...

We have a 3d volume to use up there. With TCAS and HITS I don't think it
would be that big a deal. With more airports the congestion would be spread
out. We have the technology. We just don't have enough people willing to
implement it. And we're too unable to accept responsibility for our actions,
always wanting to blame and sue somebody else so it will probably never
happen. But it's certainly possible. Look at all the traffic we fit on all
our little 2 dimensional ribbons of roadway. You think we couldn't handle
that in the skies?

mike regish

"James Blakely" wrote in
message ...
With 40 million GA pilots, there would be no VFR. All GA flight would
have
to be controlled.

Imaging a road system with no traffic control.


"Dan Luke" c172rgATbellsouthDOTnet wrote in message
...
...in the USA instead of 400,000 or so:

There would be GA airports *everywhere*. They would be like beehives on
the
day before Thanksgiving.

You could rent a T hangar for less than the cost of a 1 br apartment.

The accident rate would be about the same but the fatal accident rate
would
be lower due to modern, more crashworthy designs.

You'd give the engine in your airplane about as much thought as you do
the
one in your car. The idea of sending oil samples off for analysis at
each
change would seem absurd.

Your new "family" airplane would be air conditioned. It would have a
headup
synthetic vision/HITS display, emergency autoland capability, real time
data
link weather and a CD/DVD player.

You'd have a second, "fun" airplane.

40-year old airplanes would all be junkers or lovingly restored
classics.

Vacuum pumps would be deep in landfills.

Air traffic control would automated for most functions.

Regulation enforcement officers would be flying around, watching and
listening, but federal enforcement actions would be more uniform and
fair
due to more lawyers and politicians getting busted and raising hell.

Frogs could dance and the Cubs would win the World Series.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM