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Skylune writes:
Self deception is an integral part of the GA game. They have an organization, the AOPA, that puts out complete propaganda about the utility of GA for travel, as well as how simple it is to fly. Look at the GA Serving America Website. It is replete with nonsense about the utility of VFR GA for transportation. It really is quite humourous. If GA were practical for transportation, it would be a lot more widespread. If it were as practical as cars, it would be as common as cars. The fact that is actually extremely rare implies that GA is only useful to people who like to fly for the sake of flying, in most cases. Rather than focusing on improving pilots' skills (though they devote much of their efforts to this), the AOPA strays into political matters such as whether taxpayers should keep providing subsidies to recreational pilots. How do taxpayers subsidize recreational pilots? It also successfully lobbies the FAA (which it has huge influence over) to create new categories of licenses, the weakest of which (Sport Pilot) requires NO MEDICAL WHATSOEVER. A driver's license doesn't require much of a medical, either. Why is that a problem? It constantly tries to get medical rules loosened, so that some geezer on his last gasp still has the legal right to fly 1000 feet over private properties. He already has the right to drive past them or even through them in a car. Why should flying be different? Besides, a skilled old geezer is a lot safer than a careless or incompetent young athlete. In short, it is a very nefarious special interest lobby that has contempt for all but its pilot members, who it refers to as the "elite". Reading a few entries on the NTSB GA crash website puts the notion of private pilots being elite to rest. As you know, there are quite a few boobs flying around. Some of the pilots themselves admit to this. Yes. GA is its own worst enemy. What puzzles me is how so many manifestly incompetent and stupid people can still get private pilot's licenses. There are way more idiots flying than I would expect, given the difficulty of obtaining a license. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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