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Not "banned" but excessively regulated. Subtle but important difference.

banned for everyone who aren't our friends, who give us money, and who write the laws we use.

That's a rather unfair characterization. The FAA keeps very tight reins on commercial operations, with damn good reason. Why do you think commercial flight is so safe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture#United_Stat...

See FAA

Is anyone familiar with the concept of a revolving door? The FAA isn't magically immune to this process and is in fact a good case study of the phenomenon.

But continue to downvote comments not because they aren't true but because they challenge your mistakenly held beliefs.

I'm not saying it's not expensive, or that it's efficient. I'm saying that's it worth it.

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