The whole 100LL is doomed camp seem pretty suspicious to me. You know what’s doomed? Certified light aircraft over fifty years old. Using similar logic, let’s see how this goes.
Everything you guys say about 100LL is more true about most of the fleet. What causes more deaths? Untraceable amounts of lead even near the runways or the planes themselves?
There’s really no reason the FAA hasn’t started an inspection regime on most of the older aircraft that would make them more expensive to operate than simply replacing them with a new bird.
Think the EPA has an agenda? What about Textron? Those guys would LOVE to quadruple sales of new aircraft. Their lobbyists likely get paid money the bureaucrats would drool over.
So how about we take the certitude down a notch?