NW_Pilot wrote:
Gawd I hope the U.S. don't end up like the European bureaucracy when it
comes to VFR flying!!!!!!!

Huh?
If you refer to flight plans it is only when crossing international
borders(not allways) or when you plan to fly over inhospitable terrain.
And some large busy airports(the really big ones) want you to file a
flight plan, if you are welcome anyway.
Yep, we are really struggeling with our VFR flight plans.

-Kees (D-EHNE)