As for the (LSA) aircraft, there is no reason to assume that they are
any less safe. It is certainly true that they are not required to be
equipped for night flight or for flight in instrument conditions
(flying inside the clouds) - but those operations are prohibited to the
LSA SP anyway.

The CT -- the only LSA I've flown -- had equipment comparable to my
IFR-certified Pathfinder. And if flew wonderfully. LSAs need not be
anything but excellent light aircraft.

Will some SP in an LSA eventually do something really stupid and kill
himself and maybe a passenger? Of course. And, unfortunate though it
is, tonight some guy will down a couple of six packs and manage to kill
himself and maybe a bunch of others on the highway. In both cases it
was the stupidity that was unsafe, not the level of training or the
mechanical condition of the vehicle.

'Twas ever thus, I'm afraid.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"