On 25 May 2007 08:24:29 -0700, Andrew Sarangan
wrote:

Do bigger airplanes require more skill to fly?


Responsibility... Just like a sea captain.

Look at it this way:

I'm f'n around @ OXC, and I pull out in front of Kingfish, who's on
short final in the Pilatus. A mess, local news, sad families, yadda,
yadda, yadda...

The same happens with 747's and you get this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenerife_disaster

Kabeesh?

BTW, I ALWAYS look both ways before entering a runway, especially if I
know Kingfish is coming in...

And FWIW, one of my best friend's dad is a retired PanAm B747 captain
who has owned light aircraft all his life, and he says "Yes, the 747
is more difficult to fly".