There are already existing provisions in the legislation where we can tax people. We can tax on the usage of aircraft like that. One of the things that we also could do is take a look at used business aircraft. Right now, we're taxing the manufacturer in the way that we're doing things, and we're impeding the production of new aircraft and all that, where most of the jobs are.
When you're looking at the resale of used aircraft, usually that's where somebody who is rich, who has a lot of money and is using it for personal use will go and purchase an aircraft. There's nothing being done on that side. When you're looking, through the pandemic and prepandemic, at the used business aircraft segment, you see that the percentage of sales went up, contrary to the new manufacturing side, where sales went down by 20%.
What we would be doing, if we're not looking at the used market instead of the brand new market, is hurting the industry where all the workers are and where all the jobs are. That's one of the things that we can do. We also could lower the level. The level of taxation is very high. The obligation at 90% is extremely high, so that's another thing we can look at—lowering the percentage. Of course, we'd rather that business aircraft were removed. If that's impossible, there are other things that we can look at.
Always, of course, we're looking at it with the intent of saving as many jobs as possible. We're talking about a thousand jobs, and those are direct jobs. You also have all the indirect jobs that you're talking about, so it's a huge impact on the communities.