Mxsmanic wrote:
Both are. I have a strong aversion to useless bureaucracy and
credentialism, and aviation is rife with both. But it is also true
that I have no money.


While many of us who have become certified pilots will from time to time
bitch about the FAA and certain hoops we have to jump through only a true
idiot would think that just anyone should be allowed to hop in a Baron
without some level of certification.



A Baron is very different from a King Air. I'm only interested in
the Baron. If I want to fly something bigger, I'll fly a Boeing jet.


You set your minimum so high because you KNOW you will never be able to
attain it and it lets you off the hook to yourself for never attaining
anything.





I learned long ago that those who feel they must "pay their dues"
spend their entire lives being trampled by those who know better.

And since you obviously know better who have you been able to trample on?