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Do you really think the people flying their small cessna with 100LL have so much political muscle? I strongly doubt so.

• jeffbee 4y ago
  It's not the pilots alone, it is also the piece-of-shit-airplane industry which employs a handful of people here and there, enough to have a little suction in Congress.
  • jabl 4y ago
    Also GA is, in the end, a relatively small-scale activity, so leaded avgas isn't much of a public health hazard like leaded automotive gas was back in the day. More of an occupational hazard for people working on and flying those planes, and higher maintenance requirement on the engines. Hopefully they can manage to roll out G100UL at scale so 100LL can finally die. And then that final TEL plant on the planet can be shut down for good.
    • r00fus 4y ago
      Let's not forget those small airports where nearby residents are at higher risk due to leaded avgas. That's why small airports have been forced to close. Get rid of leaded avgas and we can have less municipal airports closures.
  • slackdog 4y ago
    The general aviation industry is protected because it's part of the pilot training pipeline, and that is important because airplanes (both commercial and military) have a great deal of importance to governments. About 5% of the American GDP is attributed to commercial aviation. Compare that figure to the number of deaths caused by leaded avgas, and you don't need conspiracy theories to explain the outcome.