"Dallas" wrote in message
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As much as we hate government involvement in general, I think it would be
fair to say that the U.S. subsides GA to encourage it's existence.


I spent a lot if time trying to convince skylune that this was simply not
true.

I fly from a privately owned field. He does not qualify for gubmint
subsidies. He's making a profit.

4.3NM away is a class D airport with a 7000' runway and a 5000' crosswind
runway. The big airport spends over three million dollars a year salaries,
maintenance, repairs, etc. They have been trying to attract an airline, but
keep failing. The last air carrier that flew there lasted nine months.

Because there is no airline service there, claims are made that the three
million dollars is supporting GA.

I still cannot fathom how the politicians can continue paying twenty five
people to work at an airport that has no air carrier.