Kevin H.
Pre-Flight
The Egyptians ruled for thousands of years yet eventually were wiped out during the Roman period.
At one time the bow and arrow was the pinnacle of weapon technology. Now, who even does that? lol
What eventually goes up must eventually come down, that also includes businesses, economies, interests. General Aviation/Commerical/Charter/Airlines are not excluded from this event that has taken place for thousands of years.
The cost of living has continued to rise over the Nation for many many years while wages have either continued to remain stable and or decline in many areas. If an airline continues to raise the price of their tickets, it gets to a point that people just can't afford to pay that, they'd rather have the toys, so they don't fly as much. Maybe once every 3-5 years instead of every year and some stop all together. Thus, it gets to a point where airlines have to cut back in order to try and maintain roughly some sort of profit. One major increase in one major part of flying can completely destroy it all together for many people and I think that's exactly what gas prices have done to GA flying. When maintenance and annuals and tie down and various costs have continued to rise, the gas prices alone have caused many GA owners to simply quit all together.
This which occurs in many many other areas of operations is just how it goes and too many things would have to change in order for things to go back to the way they use to but that would require going backwards when we live in a Nation now where we've gotten ourselves in a big darn hurry while going fast and getting things right now not later is all we know. We're spoiled.
At one time the bow and arrow was the pinnacle of weapon technology. Now, who even does that? lol
What eventually goes up must eventually come down, that also includes businesses, economies, interests. General Aviation/Commerical/Charter/Airlines are not excluded from this event that has taken place for thousands of years.
The cost of living has continued to rise over the Nation for many many years while wages have either continued to remain stable and or decline in many areas. If an airline continues to raise the price of their tickets, it gets to a point that people just can't afford to pay that, they'd rather have the toys, so they don't fly as much. Maybe once every 3-5 years instead of every year and some stop all together. Thus, it gets to a point where airlines have to cut back in order to try and maintain roughly some sort of profit. One major increase in one major part of flying can completely destroy it all together for many people and I think that's exactly what gas prices have done to GA flying. When maintenance and annuals and tie down and various costs have continued to rise, the gas prices alone have caused many GA owners to simply quit all together.
This which occurs in many many other areas of operations is just how it goes and too many things would have to change in order for things to go back to the way they use to but that would require going backwards when we live in a Nation now where we've gotten ourselves in a big darn hurry while going fast and getting things right now not later is all we know. We're spoiled.
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