"Jose" wrote in message
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The FAA splits hairs. In fact they split short hairs. And I never
mentioned being solo. I can take my sister to visit a friend while I
enjoy the fall colors. No commonality. This is an opportunity to log
time.

Is Big Brother actually watching to the degree of tin-hat paranoia that some
people seem to express about it?

Given the choice to "log time" --ie, stay proficienct flying-- and not --ie,
let proficiency lapse-- I'll take the former when family or friends are
involved. As always, safety comes first, bureaucracy second.

Increasingly the options a

1) Fly and risk somebody telling you not to
2) Never fly because somebody might tell me not to

-c