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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Re: Private roads (and airports)
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Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 19:35:16 EST
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> In article <27@calgary.UUCP> radford@calgary.UUCP (Radford Neal) writes:
> >> Really?  I think you will find that a majority of the U.S. population has
> >> flown; I would guess an overwhelming majority.
> >
> >Really? I would guess that even today maybe 30% haven't flown. One of us
> >will have to actually do work looking up statistics to resolve this one...
>
> Pray tell, what do you define an overwhelming majority to be?  I ran
> across the figure in question in the recent *Time* cover story about
> the current air travel price war, where they reported that 70% of
> Americans have now flown.  So, your estimate of 30% *not* having
> flown appears to be correct.  I would say, though, that 70% is quite a
> substantial majority -- not what one would ordinarily call an "elite."
>
> Michael McNeil

While 70% of the population flies, and therefore a majority of Americans
fly, it is still true that most of the flying in America is done by a very
small percentage of people.  For most Americans, one plane flight _a_year_
is exceptional.  For business travellers, one plane flight _a_month_ is
probably common.