In article 6LBJj.53005$TT4.41626@attbi_s22,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

With Avgas topping five bucks a gallon, I find myself asking: How much more
will it take before GA is completely unaffordable? At what price point
will all the current "weekend pilots" be driven from the market?

Example: While on our trip back from Florida a couple of weeks ago, we paid
$5.20 per gallon in St. Louis. Since we needed 60 gallons, we paid over
$300 for a single tank of gas -- something I *never* thought I'd see.

That price has more than doubled in just the last few years, and there
appears to be no end in sight. So the question is: How much higher must gas
go up before *you* hang up your headphones for the last time? Anyone care
to predict what year the last personal flights will occur in America?

If I lose my mechanics and can no longer do owner-assisted maintenance,
then I'll probably sell my airplane (I own one partly because I love working
on it).

The price of gas is not likely to be the cause of my giving up on flying.
Stupid idiotic "security" requirements will more likely drive me away from
flying. The price of gas is simply not that significant to me. Of course,
my plane burns around 8 gph, or less if I run at 65% or thereabouts.

--
Bob Noel
(goodness, please trim replies!!!)