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"Chris" wrote:

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Chris" wrote:

"Jose" wrote in message
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You think that only 5% or so of
the entire FAA budget gets allocated to GA?

As you know, where money is spent isn't the same as where that money
provides the benefit.

The fact is that capital and operating grants to the thousands of GA
airports are paid mostly by passengers on commercial airliners...

...who benefit by having us spam cans land at those airports instead of
at
the ones with long lines of jets waiting to take off.

Jose

Land by all means at the airports with the long line of jets waiting to
take
off but pay $400 for the privilege or the equivalent contribution an
airliner makes. A take off or landing slot has an economic value why
should
GA pay less. Its the law of the market, the principle behind the economic
growth of the US, or does the principle get suspended when GA is
involved -
smells of pork bellies:-)

Then make good, friendly GA airports available in urban areas.
Federalize the airport system, if necessary. Convert all surplus
military airfields to GA use, instead of restricting their use (a la
Moffett "Federal Airfield"), or letting developers butcher them up (El
Toro, Hamilton, South Weymouth, Glenview, to name a few).

GA on welfare from the taxpayer again

GA making use of costly facilities that Philistine like "Chris" would
otherwise destroy!