David Megginson writes:

David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

And they're more likely to be able to afford more airplane than they
can fly than most of us are.

That must have been before universal health care (in most rich
countries) and HMOs + sky-high malpractice insurance premiums (in the
U.S.). General practitioners are not exactly lining up at the food
banks, yet, but they're hardly the ones with the big houses or new
cars any more, and they probably won't be the ones buying the new
glass-panel contraptions.

The doctors *I* know do well better than average, though.

On the other hand, a lot of people in tech made a lot of money before
the dot.com bubble burst, and many of those people now have (a) a lot
of money saved and (b) a lot of unexpected free time on their hands.
I think that a more appropriate name from the newer composite planes
like the SR-22 would be the one in the subject line.

I suspect the general geek mindset (I R a geek) also favors the new
materials and especially the glass cockpit approach.
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