[aShepard]

could cost $850 million to establish and more than $250 million per year to carry out

Why would it cost a penny??

Seems to me that the insurance industry would jump at the chance to save their $50 million insured plane, and the hundreds of millions in death benefits.

[aShepard]

Oh, and BTW, 850 million divided among 70,000 pilots is $12,150 per polit. That's some pretty serious heat!