After Icon reported that they were raising the price of a new A5, my inbox came alive with predictions that this was Icon's last gasp. Comparison were many to Eclipse Aerospace, and its CEO Vern Raburn. One person described it as a corporate "suicide." My favorite email on the topic from a reader ended: "You're an idiot and I can't wait till you go under." ("You" in this context seems to be some hybrid of Icon Aircraft and its CEO Kirk Hawkins.) The predictions accelerated following Roy Halladay's death at the controls of one of the first production A5s, though with somewhat less glee on the part of the prognosticators.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/flight-safety/icons-demise-exaggerated