Dylan Smith wrote:

Ah yes, just like the airline pilot at our glider club who thought he
didn't need a recurrency check after not flying a glider for a few
months, and nearly wrecked the tug and glider combination...

There are many examples in the NTSB accident reports of fatal accidents
where a five digit hour ATP was PIC.

I don't ever aspire to be that cocky.

--
Peter