On Tue, 04 May 2004 19:41:34 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Statistically, Wings program participants are safer. I'm convinced
the Wings program has nothing to do with it, it's a self-selecting
sample of people who particlurly care about safety and are willing
to actively attend seminars & stuff.

Mary and I attend all the Wings seminars that come to our area -- usually at
least two per year. (In fact, a night in our "Pan Am Clipper Suite" is the
grand prize, given away at all the Iowa FAA seminars to help encourage
attendance...)

We also do BFRs.

I guess that makes us "belt & suspenders" kind of folks...

;-)


Kudos to you for offering the prize. I've been to many of the
seminars in my area and there is never a prize of any kind.

I don't think, however, that you're a belt and suspenders canditate.
Probably more like belt and elastic waistband because you're
definitely doing more than either one is worth by itself but you're
not getting the three hours of flying associated with the Wings
program. Then again, you're lucky to get enough time in the air that
the BFR is probably more than adequate. In your case, you probably
benefit more from the extra ground work that you get from Wings.
Yeah, I'm jealous.

Rich Russell