Happy Dog wrote:

Who knows?Â*Â*DidÂ*anythingÂ*likeÂ*thatÂ*everÂ*happen *toÂ*youÂ*orÂ*anyoneÂ*elseÂ*you
know?Â*Â*DidÂ*youÂ*orÂ*theyÂ*quit?Â*Â*ThoseÂ*areÂ* binaryÂ*questions.

That's an interesting question. I'd a small scare during my PPL training.
It, combined with the love I have of preflighting in the winter, kept me
away from the airport for five months.

But I returned (when it warmed up {8^).

I wonder if the difference is two-fold: Some don't get scared (perhaps until
the hook is set {8^), and others get scared but get back into the seat.

On the other side of it, I can definitely see the "life circumstances" part.
I used to fly at least once a week, even if it was just to poke some holes.
Now, I'm at about once a month. This is from a combination of work and
family (I've a two-month-old at home).

On the upside, I'm in a club. Were I an owner, I'd be seriously concerned.
As a part owner, I trust fellow members to help me make up the slack
grin.

I'd my first son up a few times before the new pregnancy kept my wife out of
the plane (and I'm not yet brave enough to fly w/son and w/o wife {8^). I
expect, when son #2 is suffficiently old, we'll be back to our local trips
(Cape May, Boston, Nantucket, etc.). As they get older, I hope to be
heading further out.

In the meantime, son #1 and I still "play airplane". During these games,
he'll often wear his headset "for the noise".

- Andrew