I have mixed feelings about aviation culture. I grew up near an airport with planes frequently overhead, and used to read Flying in high school. I attended Embr

I have mixed feelings about aviation culture. I grew up near an airport with planes frequently overhead, and used to read Flying in high school. I attended Embry Riddle as an undergraduate, but didn't take flying lessons. Some people were decent, others yelled "f-gg-t" at my long hair. At this point, I'm never going to be a pilot due to medical requirements. The pilot in my extended family can afford to own and maintain a small aircraft because he sold a tech company that he founded, so he has no intention or need to work for an airline. People talk about "environmental justice", it's a thing, right. People who live in the vicinity of airports and presumably are breathing the lead, are often, I think, not the same socioeconomic class that takes a lot of commercial flights, let alone flies private planes. So what I'm saying is, I don't hate private pilots, but if I was dictator, I would ban leaded gas, with the understanding that there would be consequences and screaming, and be indifferent to it. I don't think it's a hard choice as to what would be better for society even if there are tradeoffs.