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0 pointsTylerE5y ago0 comments

No they wouldn't.

You're underestimating the age of the fleet.

The average GA aircraft is 50 years old, and that is likely to increase in the near-medium term as production of GA aircraft is practically zero.

Source: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/20....

(Cirrus, mentioned above, produces about 300 aircraft a year - compare to the 100,000+ Ceessnas on GA fields, almost all of which are over 40 years old.

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manquer5y ago

1980 is 40 years ago now . In another 10 years half the fleet would have changed .. still better than we are now .

You could also speed it up by making costlier to run older ones over time . Keeps the industry more active too..

TylerEOP5y ago

You're assuming production is constant - it isn't. It vastly dropped off in the early 80s due to increasing liability costs, and has never recovered.

_ph_5y ago

Well, one factor would be, that people are happy to fly old planes. If due to the environment regulations, you would have to buy more new planes, demand and consequently production would increase.

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