Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Cessna Update

Wasn't the idea for Cessna to build the Flyswatter I mean Skycatcher in
China was to take advantage of lower labor cost so they would be able
to compete with the European built LSA's?

Bill B.

-----Original Message-----
From: circicirci <acensor@fastmail.fm>
To: Sport_Aircraft <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Apr 17, 2012 9:17 pm
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Cessna Update

I can understand why you view them as "inflated" prices.

But I wouldn't hold my breath on seeing Cessna drop prices on the
Skycatcher or any other LSA or even kit maker doing so.

I seriously doubt there's any inflation in the sense of the
manufacturers being able to sell new LSAs at unusually high profit
margins due to demand outstripping the supply.

LSAs are not selling like hotcakes.
These a slick modern planes having to meet tough (read
"expensive")standards with current labor prices. Seems very unlikely
they're going to "sell them at a loss" --- they'll just make fewer of
them if demand goes even lower.

The cancelled orders for 80 Skycatchers doesn't mean there are 80
unsold Skycatchers on a dealer's lot somewhere where they have to sell
'em by years end. They were ORDERS... not built aircraft.

Alex

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Mark C" <wannagoflying@...>
wrote:
>
> HMM maybe that will lower the inflated price.
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Coates" <mcoates@>
wrote:
> >
> > Yesterday theCessna officially announced that the Skycatcher will
never be certified in Europe and all the Orders in Europe are
cancelled...
>

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