Maybe it has something to do with a new 172 costing over 250K which drives the price of a "used" one up way beyond what a used one cost when they were building without the "luxury options as standard" think leather, full IFR as "standard" etc.
-----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Dave Acklam via KRnet Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 5:14 PM To: Nerobro; KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Aircraft Rentals Shock Yeah... Most of it is regulatory overhead & lawsuit/insurance expense... In a world where we had a Canada-style 'Owner Maintained' category & you didn't have to pay $400 for a $75 12v Ford alternator simply because it had been blessed by the FAA... Aviation wouldn't be so god-awful expensive... And in a world where a pilot who kills himself flying intentional-VFR-into-IMC didn't --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
