On 02 Dec 2003 15:21:06 GMT, (ISLIP) wrote:


Art P has had problems with his Cirrus - more so than the 1000+ other owners,
but not that after 3 years of owning ( and complaining), he STILL owns/flys it.

We have had it less than 2 years. We tried to sell when it was one
year old and the insurance company doubled the rates and added the
requirement of yearly factory training and yearly IPC given in an
SR20. It cost $240,000 but we couldn't get enough for a year old plane
to pay for a new 172.

As for flying it. The first year we flew 168 hours (25 hours of that
was flying to the authorized service center), the 2nd year we only
flew 60 hours. It is just to unreliable for anything but spur of the
moment flying (I gave up on Angel Flight since I don't have enough
faith in the plane to make a commitment).