I appreciate the contibutions that you have made to these aviation
groups, but I don't really understand your position here. It seems to
me that if you spent half the time you must spend reading and posting
to Usenet you'd have the rating done very quickly.

Probably true. However, one difference is that I *enjoy* this kind of
educational exercise, while I find training for instrument flight to be like
watching paint dry.

In short, this is fun, while training for the instrument rating is like high
school geometry -- a chore that must be slogged through, with no apparent
reward at the end.

It also helps that I can do Usenet in 5 minute chunks here and there
throughout the day. I am not the type who can retain complex material by
studying in such a haphazard way -- and I simply don't have any open 30
minute (or greater) chunks of time in my day.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"