When I was researching last weeks story on aircraft refurb business, I heard all kinds of comments, but everyone-well, almost everyone-agreed that new aircraft prices have made flying unreachable for all but the very wealthy. When someone of the stature of Jack Pelton flatout calls airplane prices exorbitant, you have a five-alarm fire.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/ownership/do-refurbished-airplanes-hurt-the-oems