Ol Shy & Bashful wrote:
On Jun 26, 1:19 pm, gatt wrote:

How often do you get to land or take off from something other than a
paved runway?

Hardly ever. Insurance policies increasingly prohibit it.

Ah...that is part of the problem and why? Lack of experience on the
parts of the instructors who train pilots to operate of such strips?

Maybe, I don't know. I did quite a few grass-strip landings with my
instructor during primary training. It wasn't until after I started
renting from various FBOs that I ran into the "no soft-field landings"
policy.

It's hard for me to blame the instructors; the ones I know are seasoned
pilots (I've avoided the CFI mills so far) who almost certainly wouldn't
have a problem. Sure wouldn't bother me to do them, either.

-c