[Tolsti2]

I'm very unsure of your weight ideas when it comes to chem/bio. I also kinda doubt that Cessna's will be doing much good in a major emergency. Nuclear you're right, impossible for now on GA.

[Errant]

GA isn't just Cessna's. You really ought to take a look at the video I linked. It will educate you at least on the many different types of aircraft involved in GA and the huge percentage that that GA plays in providing service to the 17,000 US airports 70% of which the airlines do not service.

Look at Haiti for the most recent example of the role GA played in supporting emergency relief operations.

[SgtBob]

Tell me more, as I recall “low and slow” over New Orleans calling in coordinates for Coast Guard helicopters to rescue rooftop survivors from Katrina.

[Irenic]

I also kinda doubt that Cessna’s will be doing much good in a major emergency
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Why do you make that statement?

The Citation X is the fastest civilian aircraft in the sky, cruising just shy of the sound barrier at Mach .92. To date, Citation Xs have flown the equivalent of four trips to the sun. They’ve taken off and landed approximately 1 million times. And every day, their average duration in the air is the highest in the entire Citation fleet. Clearly, the X has earned its distinction as one of business aviation’s busiest, best and all-time favorite aircraft.
http://www.cessna.com/citation/citation-x.html

It’s beautiful!

Cessa makes many planes, I don’t know why you think they wouldn’t be of any help.

Check out the new Mustang—fairly affordable, too.
http://www.cessna.com/citation/mustang.html

[SgtBob]

I forgot to say I volunteer with the Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol.

[metmom]

IOW, you don't have a clue about what GA is really all about.

Your PERCEPTION is that it's just a hobby for bored, rich people, and so you want to regulate it or shut it down because YOU don't see any need for it.

It doesn't matter what the need really is. You don't see that people need to be moving around the country, you think the Constitution is to regulate our lives in this country as the government gives us permission, you attack other's opinions and freedoms and then can't figure out why they are calling you an idiot and communist.

Man, you need to get your head out of, er ..the ground.....

[CFIIIMEIATP737]

I could give a long lecture of how general aviation would serve in a national emergency, but instead I will direct your attention to how general aviation serves in areas like Africa that has a decreasing infrastructure. I could point out the Flying Doctors of Australia. I could point missionary aviation in New Guinea. I could mention aviation as a vital source of goods and services in Alaska, etc.