[delapaz]

I fly a lot and am very interested in what Eclipse Aviation is coming out with (1m$ jet). For the same price as a commercial ticket, I could hire an Air Taxi to fly me direct point to point and land at smaller closer airports.

Obviously congestion will be a factor, but consumer demand will drive adoption and we will have to figure out congestion.

It's also highly likely that Air Taxi's will rip the guts out of the commercial airline industry profits because it will take away their best customers, the last minute business traveler.

Speculating here: is if Eclipse Aviations jet is what it claims to be (and that's a big if) is that we will be left with air taxi's for expensive point to point trips and last minute business travel, and discount airlines like Southwest running discount high-volume routes for Vacation travel, family, etc.

[Mamzelle]

Raytheon put out the Premier at $5M--you'd think that would have started the ball rolling with the "jet taxi" business.

Wonder what's being done to protect people on the ground from these new toys...

[dalereed]

Airway congestion hasn't ever been and won't be in the future, the problem is runway and gate space.

Gate hold procedures have been in effect at SFO for years, the only way I would go there is to get a IFR to VFR on top and then contact center for clearance to SFO.

As far as high and fast, I would give my eye teeth for a Lancair P4!