Did I miss the Era of GA?

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com writes:

If you want to fly, fly. If not, people seem to find it easy to come up
with excuses.

That's not quite the way it works. There's a cost/benefit relationship to
consider. The cost of flying is extremely high, so much so that only the most
fanatically interested parties can justify investing in it, even if they have
the resources. Lowering the cost and other obstacles would bring more people
into aviation. Raising them will drive more people out of aviation. It's not
a simple yes/no relationship.

The same is true for any other leisure activity. Aviation just happens to be
way up on the cost scale compared to many other activities, which is one
reason why it is not widely practiced.

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