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𝔭𝔶𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 To be fair, it's not just the boomers with the money to get into planes. You would have affluent Gen X'rs and possible tech millenials who managed to secure high paying jobs without having to take student loans.
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The Omegle Man | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Nowhere near as many.  Bang goes whatever semblance of economies of scale you had.
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𝔭𝔶𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Sadly I think the only way to stave the continued trend towards global enslavement will be mass blood shed and casualties. No organization the likes of the WEF will ever be allowed to exist again.
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The Omegle Man | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I'm pretty sure people with cash to spare will sit around talking bollocks no matter what anyone does.
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Springtime for Zeon (Woggy Mk II) | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 That’s diff, though. Boomers buy because they remember their dads, uncles, neighbors w/ airplanes. They have a totally different approach to the whole thing. I’ve sold to genX a bunch and overall they probably echo the old “vtail dr killer” thing a lot: 

They have money and skill but don’t respect the danger of flying unseriously, it’s a status thing, an efficiency thing, and they think they can be cavalier about it because they haven’t come to understand IRL death before. They buy brand new cirruses (bc the company is a whore and WILL sell anything to anyone) instead of used, function-first birds because they’re the rich-guy starter plane. 

Boomers buy a 35 yo, well sorted cessna for a particular mission, and get deep into the forum to learn all its quirks and weirdness. Gen X buy it for the write down and put 18 hours a year on it before selling it off and joining a fractional