Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

Let us hear from you, folks!

Aero-News Quote of the Day

"This is NOT the GA and BizAv industry of old, where it took phenomenal pressure to provoke a reaction... this is a  proactive as well as aggressively reactive industry that knows that it must protect itself at all costs... even from foes who should be on their side to begin with. We lost a lot as a result of 9/11, we're not going to give anything else up without one hell of a fight."

Source: ANN Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell, commenting on rumors that the airline industry may seek to place some of the blame for their misfortunes on the BizAv and GA world's "not paying their fair share" for their use of America's aviation infrastructure... even though studies suggest that such an argument is both false and misleading.   

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