An aging pilot

Jay Honeck wrote:
voluntarily no one decides to stop flying unless they've had a scare.

I guess that's the part I was wondering about. What's "the scare" that
makes them hang it up?


After 18 years/1000 hrs. of flying, I periodically think about giving it
up (and I'm 5 years younger than you) for a variety of reasons. I haven't
had a particular event that scared me (recently, atleast), but I do allow
my fear of heights to get the best of me, occasionally. I did stop flying
IFR, because I didn't feel like I was practicing enough to be safe. More
often, I think about how I should be spending my money on something else,
or that I don't feel like being bothered with getting medicals or BFRs or
annuals on the plane. I don't feel like being bothered with the
Washington, DC airspace. I could start participating in other hobbies
like boating, horseback riding, motorcycling or restoring my old muscle
car, more than I can now. There are a lot of reasons why someone might
choose to stop flying.

--- Jay



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