... limited.SATS and Air Transportation SafetyMore than any other mode of transportation, air travel is highly regulated for safetyassurance. Nearly all aspects of aviation, from the design and maintenance ... (e.g., because of the need to increase the spacing of smaller aircraft and larger jet aircraft in the traffic streams of terminal areas).Another reason to question the decongestion promise of SATS ... cost of a small piston-engine airplane, such as a Cessna 310, is about$400 (see Chapter 2), and the airplane travels at an average speed of 200 mph. The automobile, by comparison, has a perceived...