Polls & Quizzes

Most respondents are worried about Boeing, but almost as many are showing some faith in the U.S.’s biggest corporation.

Last week we asked whether airlines should get airspace priority and a thin majority of AVweb readers disagreed with that premise.

Boeing has had a rough last five years and the incident in Oregon last week seemingly came out of left field. Are there fundamental problems at Boeing?

To no one’s surprise, the majority of our poll respondents want a new funding method for the FAA that might take some of the politics out of its budget allotments.

We asked if readers felt safe in the air and despite all the gloomy headlines about incursions, mental health and flight delays, we overwhelmingly are quite comfortable in our element.

Readers have a lot of confidence that Van’s Aircraft will emerge as a viable kit company and almost a third said they’d order a kit without reservations. Others were more cautious and 21 percent said there’s too much risk for them.