Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Is everyone here to bash Skycatchers?

Here are a couple of considerations:

1. We do bemoan the fact that most LSA aircraft are made in Europe.

2. Western Europe handicaps themselves with way worse labor laws and
benefits that we do (though we are currently rushing to overtake them).
I can't address the labor laws of Eastern Europe, perhaps someone else can.

3. Europe pays much higher wages than does China.

Me, I'd rather buy a less great (but still safe) plane made in the
U.S.A. than any plane made overseas. Oh, but wait, I did that. I guess
there's an extra bitterness about Cessna, once the world powerhouse in
making small planes (IN the U.S.) now importing from China.

My biggest moan about U.S. manufacturing of planes is due to the
American junkyard dog legal liability system and the horrendous costs
that imposes on American manufacturers - but not equally on overseas
manufacturers.

The overwhelming ratio of bad comments to good might relate to the lack
of people available to say something good about the Skycatcher. That's
your mission, Mr. Phelps. As always, if any of your team are captured . . .

No hard feelings on my part.

Ed

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