I do not drink the VLJ kool-aid. "Thousands" of new planes is BS. I have always heard about "new and great things that will cause a fundamental shift in the aviaiton industry" for years-----and they never happen.

Three reasons VLJs are over-hyped....

1. VLJs are small. The general public does not like small airplanes, and the General Aviation exposed people have a 1.5 million dollar jet the size of an Encore, Lear 31, or Hawker 400 in thier mind. A lawyer at the airport was going on and on about the Eclipse---until I told him it was roughly the size of a Baron.

2. If people are going to the boonies, then there are underserved airports that Eclipse talks about. Some are not maintained as well as desired anymore, over-run with deer, or have limited service because small aviation businesses are going away. If people are going to large areas, where are these airports??? Teterboro? Morristown?? Hanscom?? These places are busy, and in busy airspace.

3. Insurance. The insurance man kills the dreams of many would be private pilot jet drivers. Single pilot jets have been around since like 1970, and you really don't see a lot of people flying them single pilot.