Question of the Week

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked which issue should top the U.S. government’s list of general aviation priorities in 2009. The most popular answer was user fees, which garnered 44% of the vote. Coming in a distant second, FAA reauthorization accounted for 16% of the answers. The least […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Two weeks ago (before the AOPA Expo), we asked readers to predict what may happen with Eclipse and AAI (owners of the Adam A700). Believe it or not, over half of you (52%) predicated certain collapse for both companies. At the other end of the spectrum, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week we reported on a U.S. Air Force program to train UAV pilots who won’t have actual experience in the cockpit of an aircraft and a disagreement between the FAA and unions ove whether tower and radar controllers should be cross-trained. Given the news, we […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked about the TSA’s proposed Large Aircraft Security Program rule. A full 52% of readers who took time to participate in our poll told us this was the tip of the iceberg for regulations that will kill GA as we know it. At […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** There wasn’t much evidence of stress over the dour economy at this year’s NBAA Convention, so last week we asked AVweb readers for their take on the economic downturn and its effect on the general aviation community. The majority of respondents (54% of you) said we’re […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we reported that Canadian company Vancouver Airport Services is taking over the operation of Chicago’s Midway Airport and wondered if the implication of foreign operators and major U.S. airports was still perceived as a conflict of interest by AVweb readers. There was no clear […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, in the wake of several setbacks for various segments of the very light jet industry, we asked if VLJs, recently seen as the hottest ticket in aviation, might be cooling down. Nearly half of those who took a moment to participate in our poll […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, the outpouring of support from pilots for residents of Texas who were affected by Hurricane Ike prompted us to ask if you’d ever used your airplane for humanitarian purposes. We listed several popular methods of helping out (mainly those we’ve engaged in or know […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, on the seventh anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attack, we asked AVweb readers to give us their opinion on air security today. 34% of those who took time to answer our informal poll agreed with the assessment that security is improved greatly, […]

This Week’s Question |Previous Week’s Answers PREVIOUS RESULTS *** Last week, we asked what AVweb readers think of the Martin Jetpack – specifically when it comes to the question of whether or not they’d like to own one. The biggest segment of our readers, 39% of you told us the much-hyped jetpack looks like a […]